Asia · Eastern AsiaCN · +86
Country profile / CN
China
People's Republic of China
Locally: 中国
Capital
Beijing
Region
Asia
ISO
CN
Local time in China
live · IANAShanghai
Asia/Shanghai
Urumqi
Asia/Urumqi
Reference ledger
CapitalBeijingAdministrative seat
LanguagesChinese1 listed
CurrenciesChinese yuan1 listed
Time zonesAsia/Shanghai, Asia/Urumqi2 IANA identifiers
Area9,706,961 km²Ranked 4 of 241 by area
Dialing+86International calling prefix
A sense of scale
area percentileLarger than 99% of places in this atlas.
At 9,706,961 km², China ranks 4 of 241 records by land area. This comparison uses the same bundled source for every profile, so the scale is internally consistent.
#4by area in this atlas
Land neighbors
16Field notes
2 notes“China's Great Wall stretches for more than 13,000 miles.”
02Paper was invented in China over two thousand years ago.
Use these identifiers accurately
The two-letter code CN is the compact ISO identifier used in addresses, locale selectors, and many data feeds. The dialing prefix +86 belongs at the start of an international phone number. Time zone names such as Asia/Shanghai should be preferred over a fixed UTC offset because they carry daylight-saving rules.
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ISOCN
Borders16
Time zones2