China-Data- POPUAGRI

CHINA COUNTY-LEVEL DATA ON POPULATION (CENSUS) AND AGRICULTURE, KEYED TO 1:1M GIS MAP

Data Sources

The China County-Level Data on Population (Census) and Agriculture, Keyed to 1:1m GIS Map was provided by Prof. G. William Skinner (Professor of University of California-Davis, USA).

The data were created from (1) Tabular data source; and (2) County boundary GIS data source:

(1) Tabular Data Source:

The 1990 Provincial Census Books, published by China Statistics Publishing House, 1992;
The China Rural Agriculture Statistics, 1990, published by the China Statistics Publishing House, 1991.

(2) County Boundary GIS Data Source:

Liu Chuang, Yao Xurong, and William Lavely: China Administrative Regions GIS Data: 1:1M, County Level, 1990, published by CIESIN, May 1996..

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