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UNIT 12 Lesson 45
1.1 Area:
China is a very large country.
Its area is about 9.6 million square kilometers.
It is the third largest country in the world.
Name:
China is also called the People's Republic
of China.
The Chinese name means "central Iand".
Capital:
Beijing is the capital of China.
It is in the north of the country.
It's the second largest city in the country
with a population 12 million.
Population:
More people live in China
than in any other country.
More than 1.26 billion people-
over one fifth of the world's population -
live in China.
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