Guangxi Zhuang
Autonomous Region
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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
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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,
Zhuang
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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