Guangxi

Guangxi (GZAR), umwhile romanizit Kwangsi, is a province o soothren Cheenae alang its mairch wi Vietnam. In 1958, it became the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, a region wi special privileges creatit specifically for the Zhuang fowk.

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 广西壮族自治区
Autonomous region
Name transcription(s)
• Cheenese	广西壮族自治区 (Guǎngxī Zhuàngzú Zìzhìqū)
• Abbreviation	桂 (pinyin: Guì, Zhuang: Gvei)
Zhuang transcription(s)
• Gvangjsih Bouxcuengh Swcigih
Map shawin the location o Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Named for	Abbreviatit frae "Guangnan Xi Lu" (A "lu" wis equal tae a province or a state in the Song Dynasty) 广 = wide 西 = west literally, "The Wastren Expanse" (Guangdong being East)
Caipital (an lairgest ceety)	Nanning
Divisions	14 prefecturs, 109 coonties, 1396 tounships
Govrenment
• Secretar	Guo Shengkun
• Govrenor	Ma Biao (马飚)
Area
• Total	236700 km2 (91,400 sq mi)
Area rank	9th
Population  (2010)
• Total	46,026,629
• Rank	11t
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
• Density rank	20t
Demographics
• Ethnic composeetion	Guangxi fowk: Han - 62% Zhuang - 32% Yao - 3% Miao - 1% Dong - 0.7% Gelao - 0.4%
• Leids an dialects	Soothwastren Mandarin, Cantonese, Pinghua, Zhuang
ISO 3166 code	CN-45
GDP (2011)	CNY 1171.4 billion US$ 185.9 billion (18t)
• per capita	CNY 20,219 US$ 2,987 (27t)
HDI (2008)	0.776 (medium) (20t)
Website	http://www.gxzf.gov.cn (Simplified Chinese)

Guangxi
Chinese name
Semplifeed Cheenese	广西
Tradeetional Cheenese	廣西
Postal	Kwangsi
Leeteral meanin	"The Wastren Expanse"
Transcriptions Staundart Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guǎngxī Wade–Giles Kuang-hsi Yale Romanisation Gwǎngsyī IPA [kwàŋɕí] Wu Romanieation kuaon上si平 Hakka Romanisation Kóng-sî Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanisation Gwóngsaì Jyutping gwong2sai1 IPA [kʷɔ̌ːŋsâːi] Soothren Min Hokkien POJ Kńg-sai Teochew Peng'im Kuáng-sai Eastren Min Fuzhou BUC Guōng-să̤
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Semplifeed Cheenese	广西壮族自治区
Tradeetional Cheenese	廣西壯族自治區
Postal	Kwangsi Zhuangzu Zijiqu
Transcriptions Staundart Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guǎngxī Zhuàngzú Zìzhìqū Wade–Giles Kuang-hsi Chuang-tsu Tzu-chih-ch'ü Yale Romanisation Gwǎngsyī Jwàngdzú Dz̀jr̀chyū Wu Romanieation kuaon上si平 tsaon去zoh入 zy去zy去chiu平 Hakka Romanisation Kóng-sî Tsong-tshu̍k Tshṳ-tshṳ-khî Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanisation Gwóngsaì Jongjuhk Jihjihkeuī Jyutping gwong2sai1 zong3zuk6 zi6zi6keoi1 IPA [kʷɔ̌ːŋsâːi tsɔ̀ːŋtsʊ̀k tɕìːtɕìːkɵ́y] Soothren Min Hokkien POJ Kńg-sai Chàng-cho̍k Chū-tī-khu Teochew Peng'im Kuáng-sai Tsàng-tsôk Tsĕu-tī-khu Eastren Min Fuzhou BUC Guōng-să̤ Cáung-cŭk Cê̤ṳ-dê-kṳ̆
Zhuang name
Zhuang	Gvangjsih (old orthography: Gvaŋзsiƅ)
Zhuang name
Zhuang	Gvangjsih Bouxcuengh Swcigih (auld orthography: Gvaŋзsiƅ Bouчcueŋƅ Sɯcigiƅ) (Sawndip: 广西佈僮自治区)

Guangxi's location, in muntainous terrain in the far sooth o Cheenae, haes placit it on the frontier o Cheenese ceevilization throughoot hintle o Cheenae's history. The current name "Guang" means "expanse" an haes been associatit wi the region syne the creation o Guang Prefectur in AD 226. It wis gien provincial level status durin the Yuan Dynasty, but even intae the 20t century it wis considered an open, wild territory.

The abbreviation o the province is "桂" (Pinyin: Gui; Zhuang: Gvei), which comes frae the ceety o Guilin, the umwhile caipital, center o hintle o Guangxi's cultur, politics, an history, an currently a major ceety in the autonomous region.

Freemit airtins

• Guangxi Govrenment wabsteid Archived 2007-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
• Where is Guangxi Archived 2013-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
• Travel guide tae Guangxi frae Wikivoyage