COMPARISON OF USA AND CHINA Vakhabov Firdavs
Area total: 9,596,960 sq km land: 9,326,410 sq km water: 270,550 sq km total: 9,833,517 sq km land: 9,147,593 sq km water: 685,924 sq km note: includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia, no overseas territories (2010)
Country name and government type conventional long form: People's Republic of China conventional short form: China local long form: Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo local short form: Zhongguo abbreviation: PRC etymology: English name derives from the Qin (Chin) rulers of the 3rd century B.C., who comprised the first imperial dynasty of ancient China; the Chinese name Zhongguo translates as ""Central Nation" communist party-led state conventional long form: United States of America conventional short form: United States abbreviation: US or USA etymology: the name America is derived from that of Amerigo VESPUCCI ( ) - Italian explorer, navigator, and cartographer - using the Latin form of his name, Americus, feminized to America constitutional federal republic
Independence: 1 October 1949 (People's Republic of China established); notable earlier dates: 221 B.C. (unification under the Qin Dynasty); 1 January 1912 (Qing Dynasty replaced by the Republic of China) National holiday: National Day (anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China), 1 October (1949) Independence: 4 July 1776 (declared independence from Great Britain); 3 September 1783 (recognized by Great Britain) National holiday: Independence Day, 4 July (1776)
Note: the Chinese Government officially recognizes 56 ethnic groups (2010 est.)
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