Guiyang Travel Guide
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As the capital city, Guiyang is the political, economic, cultural and traffic center of Guizhou Province. It has a total area of 8034 square meters, with the average altitude of over 1000 meters. Guiyang is so named because it lies to the south of Guisan Mountain. In the Chinese language, "Gui" refers to the Guisan Mountain, and "yang" means "south", therefore, "Guiyang" means "the south of Guisan Mountain". The city is called "Zhu" for short, as the area was famous for the making of a kind of bamboo musical instrument named "Zhu", which was very popular in ancient times. The census in the year 2000 shows that it has a population of 3.3157 million. Guiyang is a multi-nationalities city. Apart from the Han, there are 36 minority ethnic groups, including the Miao, Buyi, Dong, Yi, Shui, Hui, Gelao, Zhuang, Yao, Manchu, Bai, Mongolian, Qiang and Tujia. Nationalities like Buyi and Miao account for 77.65% of the total min...Read More »
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Guiyang Quick Facts
- Chinese Name: 贵阳
- Chinese Pinyin: gui yang
- Location: Southwest of China
- Latitude: 26° 35' N
- Longitude : 106° 42' E
- Elevation: 1071.2 M (142.7 FT)
- Time Zone : (UTC+8)
- Area Code: 0851
- Population: 337million
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