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March 8, 2014
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Guiyang

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Typically known as the "Forest City", Guiyang (zh-stp|s=贵阳|t=貴陽|p=Gu?y?ng) is the capital of Guizhou province in the People's Republic of China.




Guiyang is located in central Guizhou province, situated at the east of Yungui Plateau of China, and on the north bank of the Nanming River - a branch of Wujiang River.




Guiyang is typically characterized as having a subtropical monsoon climate; four seasons not so clearly seen; without cold winter and hot summer; temperate and humid.




The city was constructed in 1283 AD during Yuan Dynasty. It was originally called Shunyuan (順元), meaning obeying the Yuan (the Mongol rulers).




Guiyang is the central economic and commercial hub of Guizhou Province.
The GDP per capita was ?11728 (ca. US$1420) in 2003, ranked no. 206 among 659 Chinese cities.




Guiyang is populated by 23 Nationalities of China|different minorities (the most populous of which is the Miao people), in addition to the Han Chinese|ethnic Han.

Guizhou

Category:Cities in Guizhou

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This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Guiyang".


Last Modified:   2005-04-13


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