Guangxi

Guangxi
Chinese name
Simplifee'd Cheenese	广西
Traditional Cheenese	廣西
Literal meanin	"The Wastren Expanse"
Transcriptions
Hakka
- Romanisation	Kóng-sî
Mandarin
- Hanyu Pinyin	Guǎngxī
- Wade–Giles	Kuang-hsi
- IPA	[kwɑ̀ŋɕí]
- Postal Map	Kwangsi
- Yale Romanisation	Gwǎngsyī
Min
- Hokkien POJ	Kńg-sai
- Min-dong BUC	Guōng-să̤
- Teochew Peng'im	Kuáng-sai
Wu
- Romanisation	kuaon上si平
Cantonese (Yue)
- Jyutping	gwong2sai1
- IPA	[kʷɔ̌ːŋsâːi]
- Yale Romanisation	Gwóngsaì
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Simplifee'd Cheenese	广西壮族自治区
Traditional Cheenese	廣西壯族自治區
Transcriptions
Hakka
- Romanisation	Kóng-sî Tsong-tshu̍k Tshṳ-tshṳ-khî
Mandarin
- Hanyu Pinyin	Guǎngxī Zhuàngzú Zìzhìqū
- Wade–Giles	Kuang-hsi Chuang-tsu Tzu-chih-ch'ü
- Postal Map	Kwangsi Zhuangzu Zijiqu
- Yale Romanisation	Gwǎngsyī Jwàngdzú Dz̀jr̀chyū
Min
- Hokkien POJ	Kńg-sai Chàng-cho̍k Chū-tī-khu
- Min-dong BUC	Guōng-să̤ Cáung-cŭk Cê̤ṳ-dê-kṳ̆
- Teochew Peng'im	Kuáng-sai Tsàng-tsôk Tsĕu-tī-khu
Wu
- Romanisation	kuaon上si平 tsaon去zoh入 zy去zy去chiu平
Cantonese (Yue)
- Jyutping	gwong2sai1 zong3zuk6 zi6zi6keoi1
- IPA	[kʷɔ̌ːŋsâːi tsɔ̀ːŋtsʊ̀k tɕìːtɕìːkɵ́y]
- Yale Romanisation	Gwóngsaì Jongjuhk Jihjihkeuī
Zhuang name
Zhuang	Gvangjsih; (old orthography: Gvaŋзsiƅ)
Zhuang name
Zhuang	Gvangjsih Bouxcuengh Swcigih; (auld orthography: Gvaŋзsiƅ Bouчcueŋƅ Sɯcigiƅ); (Sawndip: 广西佈僮自治区)

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
	Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Cheenese :	广西壮族自治区
	Guǎngxī Zhuàngzú Zìzhìqū
Zhuang :	Gvangjsih Bouxcuengh Swcigih
	Abbreviations: 桂 (pinyin: Guì, Zhuang: Gvei)
Oreegin o name	Abbreviatit frae "Guangnan Xi Lu" (A "lu" wis equal tae a province or a state in the Song Dynasty); 广 = wide; 西 = west; literally, "The Wastren Expanse" (Guangdong being East)
Admeenistration type	Autonomous region
Caipital; (an lairgest ceety)	Nanning
CPC Ctte Secretary	Guo Shengkun
Governor	Ma Biao (马飚)
Aurie	236,700 km2 (91,400 sq mi) (9th)
- Latitude	20° 54' tae 26° 23' N
- Longitude	104° 29' tae 112° 03' E
Population (2010); - Density	46,026,629 (11t); 207 /km2 (540 /sq mi) (20t)
GDP (2011); - per caipita	CNY 1171.4 billion; US$ 185.9 billion (18t); CNY 20,219; US$ 2,987 (27t)
HDI (2008)	0.776 (medium) (20t)
Ethnic composition	Guangxi fowk: Han - 62%; Zhuang - 32%; Yao - 3%; Miao - 1%; Dong - 0.7%; Gelao - 0.4%
Leids an dialects	Soothwastren Mandarin, Cantonese, Pinghua, Zhuang
Prefectural level	14 diveesions
Coonty level	109 diveesions
Tounship level*	1396 diveesions
ISO 3166-2	CN-45
	Offeecial wabsteid; http://www.gxzf.gov.cn; (Simplified Chinese)
	Source for population and GDP data: 《中国统计年鉴—2005》 China Statistical Yearbook 2005; ISBN 7503747382 Source for nationalities data: 《2000年人口普查中国民族人口资料》 Tabulation on nationalities of 2000 population census of China; ISBN 7105054255 *As at December 31, 2004
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This airticle conteens Cheenese text. Ithoot proper renderin support, ye micht can see quaisten merks, boxes, or ither seembols insteid o Cheenese chairacters.

Guangxi (GZAR), umwhile romanizit Kwangsi, is a province o soothren Cheenae alang its border wi Vietnam. In 1958, it became the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, a region wi special privileges creatit specifically for the Zhuang fowk.

Guangxi's location, in muntainous terrain in the far sooth o Cheenae, haes placit it on the frontier o Cheenese ceevilization throughoot hintle o Cheenae's history. The current name "Guang" means "expanse" an haes been associatit wi the region syne the creation o Guang Prefectur in AD 226. It wis given provincial level status durin the Yuan Dynasty, but even intae the 20t century it wis considered an open, wild territory.

The abbreviation o the province is "桂" (Pinyin: Gui; Zhuang: Gvei), which comes frae the ceety o Guilin, the umwhile caipital, center o hintle o Guangxi's cultur, politics, an history, an currently a major ceety in the autonomous region.