ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code: CN

Technical information about ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code CN

Below, you can find technical information regarding the CN code, which represents People's Republic of China within the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard.

Code

CN

Related codes
CHN156
Name

People's Republic of China

Flag
Capital
Beijing
(39.90403, 116.407524)
Official language

Chinese

Other languages

Kazakh
Kirghiz
Korean
Sichuan Yi
Tibetan
Uighur
Zhuang

Area
9,596,961 km²
Population
1,442,965,000
Currency
CNY
Renminbi Yuan (¥)
Measurement units
Metric
Meter (m), Kilogram (kg), Liter (L), Celsius (°C)
Time zones
UTC +8 hours
*Although it spans a considerable area, China uses only one time zone.
Region
China
Continent
Asia
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+86
Internet TLD
.cn

China is a country located in Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, positioned between North Korea and Vietnam.

*The map highlights the location of People's Republic of China.

Related locale codes

bo-CN Tibetan (China)

ii-CN Sichuan Yi (China)

ug-CN Uighur (China)

zh-Hans-CN Chinese (Simplified, China)

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