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Guangxi

Also known as Kwangsi, Guangxi Province, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Kwanghsi, Province of Guangxi, Guangxi Autonomous Region, Guangxi Autonomous Area, Kwang-si

Guangxi, officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Tuyên Quang, Cao Bằng, Lạng Sơn, and Quảng Ninh Provinces) and the Gulf of Tonkin. Formerly a province, Guangxi became an autonomous region in 1958. Its current capital is Nanning.

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Guangxi is an autonomous region in southern China that borders Vietnam and the Gulf of Tonkin, with its capital in Nanning. It gained its current autonomous status in 1958 after previously being organized as a regular province, giving it a special administrative structure within China.

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Settlement.name: Guangxi
Settlement.native_name: 广西
Settlement.other_name: Kwangsi
Settlement.native_name_lang: zh-Hans
Settlement.settlement_type: Autonomous region
Settlement.translit_lang1: Chinese
Settlement.translit_lang1_info2: (; )
Settlement.translit_lang2: Zhuang
Settlement.image_map: Guangxi in China (+all claims hatched).svg
Settlement.mapsize: 275px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Guangxi within China
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: China
Settlement.seat_type: Capital
Settlement.seat: Nanning
Settlement.parts_type: Divisions
Settlement.parts_style: para
Settlement.p1: 14 prefectures

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Official name: Gvangjsih Bouxcuengh Swcigih
Population: 50126804
Area: 235001
Official website: www.gxzf.gov.cn
Image: 1 li jiang guilin yangshuo 2011.jpg
Nominal GDP: 221567

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Commons category: Guangxi
inception: 1958-03-05
Commons gallery: 广西
native label: Quảng Tây

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Guangxi's location, in mountainous terrain in the far south of China, has placed it on the frontier of Chinese civilization throughout much of Chinese history. The current name "Guang" means "expanse" and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in 226 AD. It was given provincial level status during the Yuan dynasty, but even into the 20th century, it was considered an open, wild territory. The abbreviation of the region (Chinese: ; Hanyu pinyin: ; Zhuang: ) comes from the name of the city of Guilin, the provincial capital during both the Ming and Qing dynasties.