Borders of China
China shares international borders with 14 sovereign states. In addition, there is a 30-kilometre (19 mi) internal border with the special administrative region of Hong Kong, which was a British dependency before 1997, and a 3-kilometre (1.9 mi) internal border with Macau, a Portuguese territory until 1999. With a land border of 22,117 kilometres (13,743 mi) in total it also has the longest land border of any country.
Countries sharing borders with China[]
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Border marker of China.
The table below, is a table of countries and territories who share a land border with China around its perimeter. The numbers in parenthesis are their lengths in miles.[1]
Country | Length ((km) and (mi)) | Notes |
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76 (47) | |
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470 (292) | Disputed; depends on the resolution of various territorial conflicts between Bhutan and China |
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3488 (2167) | Disputed; in three sections, separated by Nepal and Bhutan depends on the resolution of territorial conflicts between India and China, and between India and Pakistan |
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1,533 (952) | |
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858 (533) | |
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423 (262) | |
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4,677 (2,906) | |
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2,185 (1,357) | |
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1,440 (895) | |
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1,416 (879) | |
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596 (370) | Disputed; depends on the resolution of territorial conflicts between India and China, and between India and Pakistan |
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3,645 (2,264) | |
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414 (257) | |
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1,283 (795) |
See also[]
- Territorial changes of the People's Republic of China
- Chinese–Korean border fence
- McMahon Line
- Tumen River
- Boundaries of Hong Kong
- Frontier Closed Area
- Sino-Indian border dispute
References[]
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