China is located in East Asia and is one of the largest and most populous countries in the region. It has a population of over 1.3 billion people and covers an area of 9.6 million square kilometers. Beijing is the capital city of China and receives many domestic and international visitors each year. The official languages are Mandarin Chinese and Standard Mandarin and the currency is the yuan. China has a literacy rate over 90% and life expectancy is around 74 years for males and 78 years for females.
2. China is at the bottom right of
Asia. China is also ranked one of
the biggest countries in Asia. The
coordinates for china is
35.8617o N, 104.1954o E
China is one of the biggest export and
import countries sometimes it
exports billions to other countries
and get s lots of materials back to
build all of their houses and to build
up there economy.
3. China has 9,596,960
KM squared and
about
1,321,851,888
people where
Australia has
7,686,850 KM
squared and has
about 20,434,176
people
4. The Chinese capital is Beijing. Beijing gets
around 140 million Chinese tourists and 4.4
million international visitors a year. it is also
one of china's big transportation places.
The official language's that they speak in
china are Mandarin Chinese and Standard
Mandarin.
The currency is called
yuan. 1 Yuan is 0.19
Australian dollars
6. LITERACY RATE
Definition: anyone who can
read and right over the age
of 15.
98.2% male
94.5% female
PHYSICIAN DENSITY
3.8 hospital beds
per 1000 people
LIFE EXPECTANCY
Male 73.5
Female 77.9
INFANT
MORTALITY
RATES
12.2 deaths per
1000 live births.
8. The red of the flag
symbolizes the
communist
revolution and the
peoples traditional
colour. The big star
represents the
communism and
the smaller stars
mean the groups
of the people.
9. Land forms The Great wall of china
Is a land mark that made
china even more famous.
It was built in 475-221 BC.
The yellow mountains
It is 1864m high and is
named after the yellow
emperor.
Shilin stone forest
Was found in 1368 AD
Reed flute cave
Was found in 618
Jiuzhaigou National park
Established 1978
10. CLIMATE
In china the have been many
natural disasters. In 1931 china
there was a flood that killed 3-4
million people and in 1887 there
was a yellow river flood that killed
0.9-2 million people.
11. National symbols
The Giant
panda is
Chinas signatu
re animal.
Adults weigh
70-100kg
The Kiwi fruit
also known as
a Chinese
gooseberries
or Zespri. It is
Chinas
signature
Fruit.
12. There are more the 17
different festivals in china.
Some like mid-autumn day,
journalists day and victory
day.
traditional Chinese clothing
CelebrationsChinese festivals are
normally very colourful
and always have music.
They use lanterns the
celebrate the festival.