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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2015
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2014
Dataset updated: 17th March 2015
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Yuan Renminbi
Currency Symbol: RMB
Location: Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam
Geographic Coordinates: 35 00 N, 105 00 E
Map References: Asia
Area: total: 9,596,960 sq km ; land: 9,326,410 sq km ; water: 270,550 sq km
Area - Comparative: slightly smaller than the US
Terrain: mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west; plains, deltas, and hills in east
Elevation Extremes(M): lowest point: Turpan Pendi -154 m ; highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m (highest point in Asia)
Land Boundaries(Km): total: 22,457 km ; border countries: Afghanistan 91 km, Bhutan 477 km, Myanmar 2,129 km, India 2,659 km, Kazakhstan 1,765 km, North Korea 1,352 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,063 km, Laos 475 km, Mongolia 4,630 km, Nepal 1,389 km, Pakistan 438 km, Russia (northeast) 4,139 km, Russia (northwest) 40 km, Tajikistan 477 km, Vietnam 1,297 km ; regional borders: Hong Kong 33 km, Macau 3 km
Coastline: 14,500 km
Maritime Claims: territorial sea: 12 nm ; contiguous zone: 24 nm ; exclusive economic zone: 200 nm ; continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
Geography - Note: world's fourth largest country (after Russia, Canada, and US) and largest country situated entirely in Asia; Mount Everest on the border with Nepal is the world's tallest peak