China

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Map of China (de facto borders)China highlighted among its neighbouring countries, with borders drawn as Natural Earth shows them: according to who controls the territory. Hover a neighbour to see its name.Scale at the country's latitude1,000 km

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China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the second-most populous country after India, representing 17.4% of the world population. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land. With an area of nearly 9.6 million km², it is the third-largest country by total land area.

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These maps are sourced from Natural Earth and are in the public domain, so you are free to use them in any way without attribution. Natural Earth draws de facto boundaries by default: borders according to who controls the territory. Choose a point of view to see borders as each country draws them itself.

The description on this page is shortened from “China” on Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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