Guilin
Guilin (read Kuei-Lín in Chinese, 桂林; pinyin, Guìlín; old transcription, Kweilin) is a city-prefecture in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. Located on the banks of the Li River, its area is 27,809 km² and its total population is 4.7 million inhabitants.
Toponymy
Guilin significa "bosque de los olivos dulces y#34;, debido a la gran cantidad de estos árboles en la ciudad.
History
In the year 111 BC. C., during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Shi An County was established. It can be considered that the creation of this county was the origin of the current city. In the year 507 the city received the name Guizhou.
Guilin prospered during the Tang and Song dynasties. The city served as a link between the central government and the southern border areas; For this reason, various military garrisons were installed to serve as border protection. Various canals were built throughout the city that were used as a means of transportation. This is where agricultural products traveled from the fertile Yangtze Plain to the southernmost tip of the empire.
During the Ming Dynasty, Guilin became the capital of Guangxi Province. In 1914 the capital was taken away by the city of Nanning. In 1921, Guilin became one of the headquarters of the army led by Sun Yat-sen
Starting in 1940, the city received its current name. In 1981, the central government decreed that Guilin, along with four other cities (Beijing, Hangzhou and Suzhou), should receive special protection in order to preserve their cultural heritage as well as their landscapes.
Geography
It is located on the west bank of the Li River, in an area of mountains covered with vegetation that give the city a special beauty with topography marked by Karst formations.
It occupies a total area of 27,809 km², of which 565 km² correspond to the city itself. Its approximate population is 1,340,000 inhabitants in the central area. The ethnic groups present in the city are the Zhuang, Yao, Hui, Miao, Han and Dong.
In the surroundings of Guilin there are towns and places of special tourist interest such as Yangshuo, with its picturesque karst landscape reflected in its extensive rice fields; Longsheng where the Dragon's Back rice terraces are located, a marvel of Chinese agricultural engineering; or Sanjiang, capital of the county of the Dong ethnic minority; one and a half kilometers from the center of Guilin is the famous Seven Star Park (七星公园 in pinyin: Qīxīng Gōngyuán); In Bingjianglu, there are the Two Rivers and Four Lakes (两江四湖, liang jiang si hu), that is, the group of rivers and lakes in the city of Guilin.
Administration
The prefectural city of Guilin is divided into 5 districts, 10 counties and 2 autonomous counties.
- Xiufeng district (eager response).
- Xiangshan District (poster)
- Diecai District ()Ω)
- Qixing District (≤30,000)
- Yanshan District (⋅
- Lingui County ())
- Yangshuo County (KINGDOM)
- Lingchuan County (川국))
- Xing'an County.
- Quanzhou County (CIA)
- Yongfu County (inforMARE)
- Ziyuan County (FATF)
- Guanyang County.
- Pingle County (Compare))
- County Lipu ())
- Gongcheng Yao self-contained county.
- Longsheng gezú self-contained county
Tourism
The Silver Cave
The Silver Cave is the largest cave in Guilin. It was opened to the public in 1999 and has since become a very popular place for tourists and scientists alike.
Inside the cave you can see interesting variations of limestone, making this place a geological museum.
Showing translation forLa cueva está rodeada de estalactitas, estalagmitas y formaciones rocosas de formas extrañas.
Ten Mile Gallery
This is where the 'Jimmy Carter Route' is located. In 2000, the former president of the United States took a bicycle ride along this path. Shortly after, it was decided to name this road after him.
Climate
| Guilin's Climogram | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
64
12 5 | 97
13 7 | 137
17 10 | 247
23 16 | 352
27 20 | 347
30 23 | 231
33 25 | 173
33 25 | 82
30 22 | 66
26 17 | 64
20 12 | 43
15 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| temperatures in °C • total precipitation in mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion Imperial System
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Guilin has a monsoon influenced by the Humid Subtropical Climate (Koppen Cfa), with mild and long winters, hot and humid summers. The monsoon is long, lasting from March to August, and a dry season that occurs in autumn and winter, the total annual precipitation is 1,920 millimeters. The average temperature ranges between 8.5C and 29C in June.
 Average climate parameters of Guilin (1971–2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Ene. | Feb. | Mar. | Open up. | May. | Jun. | Jul. | Ago. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Annual |
| Average temperature (°C) | 11.5 | 12.7 | 16.5 | 22.7 | 27.1 | 30.4 | 32.6 | 32.8 | 30.3 | 25.6 | 20.2 | 15.2 | 23.1 |
| Temp. medium (°C) | 5.4 | 7.0 | 10.4 | 15.9 | 20.1 | 23.4 | 24.8 | 24.5 | 21.9 | 17.3 | 12.1 | 7.3 | 15.8 |
| Total precipitation (mm) | 63.4 | 96.7 | 136.7 | 247.4 | 351.7 | 346.9 | 231.3 | 173.3 | 81.8 | 65.7 | 63.6 | 42.8 | 1901.3 |
| Precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 15.1 | 15.5 | 18.6 | 20.2 | 19.0 | 17.5 | 16.1 | 14.8 | 8.2 | 9.7 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 172.5 |
| Hours of sun | 66.9 | 50.0 | 51.6 | 72.6 | 109.5 | 131.1 | 199.4 | 204.1 | 193.4 | 157.1 | 134.4 | 117.2 | 1487.3 |
| Relative humidity (%) | 74 | 76 | 80 | 81 | 81 | 82 | 79 | 78 | 73 | 71 | 67 | 67 | 75.8 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
Sister cities
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