Overview of Western China - Ningxia

Author: Ma Hanwen
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Publish Date: 2000-05-01
Features: Western China, an area of 5.4 million square kilometers, accounts for 57% of the country's land area, with a total population of 285 million, representing 23% of the national population. The cultivated land area constitutes 23.7% of the country's total, while its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) only accounts for 14.7% of the national total.