Guizhou
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| Abbreviations: 黔 or 贵 (pinyin: Qi�n or Gu�) | |
| Image:China-Guizhou.png | |
| Origin of Name | 贵 gu� - 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 km� (16th) |
| Population (2002) - Density | 38,370,000 (15th) 218/km� (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 (simplified Chinese: 贵州; traditional Chinese: 貴州; pinyin: G�izhōu; Wade-Giles: Kuei-chou; 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
External links
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Guizhou" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guizhou, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
