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Guizhou

贵州省
Guìzhōu Shěng
Abbreviations: 黔 or 贵 (pinyin: Qián or Guì)
Origin of Name 贵 guì - valuable
州 zhōu - zhou
"valuable prefecture"
Administration Type Province
Capital and
Largest City
Guiyang
CPC Guizhou Committee Secretary Qian Yunlu
Governor Shi Xiushi
Area 176,100 km² (16th)
Population (2002)
 - Density
38,370,000 (15th)
218/km² (18th)
GDP (2002)
 - per capita
118.5 billion ¥ (26th)
3088 ¥ (31st)
Major Nationalities (2000) Han - 63%
Miao - 12%
Buyi - 8%
Dong - 5%
Tujia - 4%
Yi - 2%
Gelao - 2%
Shui - 1%
Prefecture-level divisions 9
County-level divisions 88
Township-level divisions 1539
ISO 3166-2 CN-52

Guizhou (; also spelled Kweichow) is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the southwestern part of the country.

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History

Geography

Guizhou adjoins Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality to the north, Yunnan Province to the west, Guangxi Province to the south and Hunan Province to the east.

Other cities include: Anshun , Congjiang, Zunyi .

Guizhou has a subtropical humid climate. There are few seasonal changes.

Economy

Demographics

Guizhou is one of the provinces that contains the most minority groups. The minority groups account for more than 37% of the total population and they include Yao, Miao, Yi, Qiang, Dong, Zhuang, Buyi, Bai, Tujia, Gelao and Shui. 55.5% of the province area is designated as autonomous regions for them.

Culture

Tourism

The province has many covered bridges, called Wind and Rain Bridges. These were built by the Dong minority people.

Huangguoshu Waterfall , the biggest waterfall in China.


Miscellaneous topics

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Last updated: 10-12-2005 23:28:46
Last updated: 01-04-2007 01:18:57
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