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Guangxi
Province
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Location:
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located in southern China.
It is bordered by Yunnan Province to
the west, Guizhou to the north, Hunan
to the northeast, and Guangdong to the
southeast, and by Vietnam and the Beibu
Bay to the southwest. |
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Area:
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236,661 sq km |
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Climate:
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Throughout the region,
temperatures are warm enough to assure
agricultural production throughout the
year. The summer, covering a seven-month
period from April to October, is marked
by enervating heating and high humidity.
Winter is mild and snow rare. July temperatures
vary between 27??C and 32??C, while
January temperatures range between 4??C
and 16??C. The north experiences slightly
cooler temperature than the south. |
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provincial capital:
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Nanning |
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Population:
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44.89 millions (March
2001) |
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Ethnic groups:
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Han,Yao, Miao, and Dong
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Major Cities:
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Beihai; Guilin; Liuzhou
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Agriculture:
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Major grain crops include rice, maize,
wheat, and sweet potatoes. The leading
commercial crops include peanuts,
sesame, ramie or China grass, tobacco,
tea, cotton, and indigo. Guangxi is
also a major producer of fruits --
notably pomelos (a kind of grapefruit),
tangerines, mandarin oranges, lemons,
litchis (the fruit of a plant of the
soapberry family), pears, papayas,
bananas, and water chestnuts.
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Industry:
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Light industries
produce textiles, paper, flour, silk,
leather, matches, chemicals and pharmaceuticals,
as well as sandarac gum, sugar, dyestuffs,
and oils and fats. Pine resin is a particularly
notable export commodity of Wuzhou.
Heavy industries include the iron works
and steelworks at Liuzhou, machinery
production at Nanning and Wuzhou, and
the cement works at Liuzhou. Among the
numerous handicraft products, special
mention may be made of the native cotton
cloth of Yulin; the ramie cloth of Guilin;
the bamboo paper and rice paper of Chaoping
and Guilin; and the bamboo combs of
Guilin, Pinyang produces such articles
as ceramics, fans, felt caps, copperware,
combs, brushes and straw bonnets. |
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