Guilin Quick Facts

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Guilin is one of the most popular tourist cities of the world. Many world famous people such as Bill Gates, former US President Bill Clinton and former Chinese national football coach Bora Milutinovic have visited Guilin. In Guilin City, the main attractions are Reed Flute Cave, Elephant Trunk Hill, Folded Brocade Hill and Fubo (wave-subduing) Hill. See Guilin Attractions for more.

Chinese Pinyin: Guìlín, pronounced gway-lin

Location: Guilin is located at latitude 24°15′N and longitude 109°36′E. It lies in the south of China, in the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and borders with Hunan Province to the west, Liuzhou and Wuzhou to the south.

Area: Guilin Prefecture covers an area of 27.8 thousand square kilometers.

Terrain: Guilin is located to the south and west of the Nanling Mountain, which generally divides subtropical and tropical climate in China. Hence Guilin is one of the most northerly places where two crops of white rice can be grown a year. Most of Guilin city is about 150 meters above sea level. The karst topography is the outstanding feature of Guilin. Though a large portion of the land is flat the karst hills are STEEP and rise 100 or 200 meters above the plain.

Climate: January, with an average temperature of 8.3℃, is the coldest month, and July, with an average temperature of 28.5℃, is the hottest month. Guilin Weather

Population of prefecture: 4.94 million

Population of city: 720,000

Languages: Mandarin and the Guilin dialect

History: In 214 BC, Emperor Qin Shihuang (the first to unite China), built the Ling Canal to connect the Li River with the Xiang River. Since then, Guilin was absorbed into the Middle Kingdom (China), and has been a very important city of the Lingnan region, the region of South China including Guangxi, Guangdong, Hunan and Jiangxi. Lingnan used to be a barbarian land occupied by the Hundred Yue Tribes.

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