An Introduction to Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 广西壮族自治区简介
Abbreviation: Gui桂 Capital: Nanning Area: More than 230,000 square kilometers Population: 47.91 million (mainly inhabited by the ethnic Zhuang) Location: In southwest China and adjacent to the Beibu Gulf
Guangxi borders Viet Nam in the southwest and is adjacent to the Beibu Gulf.
The Beibu Gulf is a semi-enclosed bay surrounded by territories belonging
to China and Viet Nam. Guangxi is well known for its typical karst formation,
with typical representations of Li River and Gui River areas. The coastline
in the south is sinuate, with numerous bays and dotted by about 800 isles.
Guanxi enjoys a subtropical monsoon climate.
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Guangxi’s industrial sectors include metallurgy, machinery,
sugar and food. There are a variety of minerals and the reserves are
abundant. The reserve
of manganese in Guangxi tops the whole nation, while the reserves of tin
and tungsten also account for a big percentage. Subtropical economic
plants are
of great variety and fine quality, such as rubber, coffee and pepper. Guangxi
is also China’s famous fruit plantation area; the local produces include
Shatian pomelo and longan. Besides, Guangxi is China’s important production
base of
sugar.
Ancestors in Guangxi have left behind lots of historic sites
and cultural relics such as Huashan Rock Paintings created by the ancestors
of the Zhuang
nationality
(a total population of more than 17 million), the 34-kilometer-long Xing’an
ancient Ling Canal built in the period 219 to 214 BC, one of the most ancient
irrigation projects in the world and is as famous as the Great Wall. Other
prime attractions include festivals, wedding ceremonies, cuisine, ethnic
customs, the charming hills and waters of Guilin with the fame of scenery
unparallel
in China, the Beibu Bay well known for soft wave, fine sand and subtropical
charms, making Guangxi an enchanting tourist attraction.
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