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Capital:Beijing

Geography
Continent:Asia
Location:Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam
Area:9,597,995 km²
Geographic coordinates:35 00 N, 105 00 E
Elevation extremes:lowest point: Turpan Pendi -154 m
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m

People
Population:1,298,847,624 (July 2004 est.)
Language(s):Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect)

Economy
Currency:yuan (CNY)
note:: also referred to as the Renminbi (RMB)
Currency code:CNY

Miscellaneous
Country code plate:RC
Internet country code:.cn