Guilin
prefecture-level city in Guangxi, China
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Summary
Guilin is a prefecture-level city[1]. Guilin ranks in the top 4% of prefecture level city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,732 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: World Tourism Cities Federation[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Guangxi[4]
- Country: People's Republic of China[5]
- Instance of: big city[6]
- Capital: Lingui District[7]
- Official language: Chinese[8], Zhuang[9]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Xiufeng District[10], Diecai District[11], Xiangshan District[12], Qixing District[13], Yanshan District[14], Yangshuo County[15], Lingui District[16], Lingchuan County[17], Quanzhou County[18], Xing'an County[19], Yongfu County[20], Guanyang County[21], Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County[22], Ziyuan County[23]
- Twinned administrative body: Jeju[24], Toruń[25], Kumamoto[26], Orlando[27], Târgoviște[28], Hévíz[29]
- Postal code: 541000–541999[30]
- Commons category: Guilin[31]
- Licence plate code: 桂C[32], 桂H[33]
- Located in time zone: UTC+08:00[34]
- Local dialing code: 0773[35]
- Official website: http://www.guilin.gov.cn/[36]
- Topic's main category: Category:Guilin[37]
- Commons gallery: 桂林[38]
- Population: 5,085,500[39], 4,931,137[40]
- Described by source: Draft History of Qing[41]
- Official name: 桂林市[42], Gveilinz[43]
- Category for people born here: Q96774697[44]
- Category for people who died here: Q97009571[45]
- Native label: 桂林市[46]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Guilin[47]
- Elevation above sea level: 153 m[48]
- Area: 27667.28 km²[49]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Guilin include Guilin Liangjiang International Airport[50], an international airport[51], in People's Republic of China[52], founded in 1996[53] and Elatostema gueilinense[54], a taxon[55].
Why It Matters
Guilin has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Guilin is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
Entities named for Guilin include Guilin Liangjiang International Airport[50], an international airport[51], in People's Republic of China[52], founded in 1996[53] and Elatostema gueilinense[54], a taxon[55].