Guizhou
landlocked province of the People's Republic of China
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Summary
Guizhou is a province of China[1]. Guizhou draws 5,868 Wikipedia views per month (province of china category, ranking #15 of 23).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: People's Republic of China[3]
- Country: People's Republic of China[4]
- Head of government: Li Bingjun[5]
- Capital: Guiyang[6]
- Shares border with: Sichuan[7], Yunnan[8], Guangxi[9], Hunan[10], Chongqing[11]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Guiyang[12], Liupanshui[13], Zunyi[14], Anshun[15], Bijie[16], Tongren[17], Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture[18], Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture[19], Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture[20]
- Twinned administrative body: Suceava[21]
- Legislative body: 贵州省人民代表大会[22]
- Executive body: People's Government of Guizhou Province[23]
- Party chief representative: Xu Lin[24]
- Commons category: Guizhou[25]
- Highest point: Jiucaiping[26]
- Official website: http://www.gzgov.gov.cn[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Guizhou[28]
- Population: 35,800,000[29], 38,562,148[30], 35,247,695[31]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[32], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[33], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[34], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[36]
- Replaces: Kweichow[37]
- Official name: 贵州省[38]
- Category for people born here: Category:People from Guizhou[39]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in the province of Guizhou[40]
- Native label: 贵州省[41]
- Category of associated people: Category:People of Guizhou[42]
- Different from: Gui Zhou[43]
- Area: 176,167 km²[44]
- Language used: Southern Guiyang Hmong[45], Central Bai[46], Northern Qiandong Miao[47], Kim Mun[48], Standard Chinese[49], A-Hmao[50], Iu Mien[51], Then[52], Ai-Cham[53], Cao Miao[54]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Guizhou include Keichousaurus[55], a taxon[56] and Guizhouichthyosaurus[57], a fossil taxon[58].
Why It Matters
Guizhou has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] Guizhou is known by 79 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]
Entities named for Guizhou include Keichousaurus[55], a taxon[56] and Guizhouichthyosaurus[57], a fossil taxon[58].