Guizhou
Guizhou (
listen (help·info), simplifeed Cheenese: 贵州; traditeeonal Cheenese: 貴州; pinyin: Guìzhōu; Wade–Giles: Kuei-chou; Postal map spelling: Kweichow) is a province o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae locatit in the soothwastren pairt o the kintra. Its provincial caipital ceety is Guiyang.
Guizhou Province 贵州 | |
|---|---|
| Name transcription(s) | |
| • Cheenese | 贵州 (Guìzhōu Shěng) |
| • Abbreviation | 黔 or 贵/貴 (pinyin: Qián or Guì) |
.svg) Map shawin the location o Guizhou Province | |
| Named for | 贵 guì - Gui Mountains 州 zhōu - zhou (prefectur) |
| Caipital (an lairgest ceety) | Guiyang |
| Divisions | 9 prefecturs, 88 coonties, 1539 tounships |
| Govrenment | |
| • Secretar | Shi Zongyuan |
| • Govrenor | Zhao Kezhi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 176100 km2 (68,000 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 16t |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 34,746,468 |
| • Rank | 19t |
| • Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) |
| • Density rank | 18t |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnic composeetion | Han - 62% Miao - 12% Buyei - 8% Dong - 5% Tujia - 4% Yi - 2% Undistinguished - 2% Gelao - 2% Sui - 1% |
| • Leids an dialects | Miao leid, Buyi leid, an ithers |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-52 |
| GDP (2011) | CNY 570.1 billion US$ 90.5 billion (26t) |
| • per capita | CNY 13,119 US$ 1,938 (31st) |
| HDI (2008) | 0.690 (medium) (30t) |
| Website | http://www.gzgov.gov.cn (Simplified Chinese) |
References
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