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Nanning
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Nanning (simplified Chinese: 南宁; traditional Chinese: 南寧; pinyin: Nánníng) is the capital of Guangxi autonomous region in southern China. It is known as the "Green City" because of its abundance of lush tropical foliage.
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Nanning is located in the southern part of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 160 km from the border with Vietnam. It is the intersection for three tributaries of the Yong River, itself a tributary of the Xi River: the Yu River(Simplified Chinese:邕江), You River, and Zuo River. The Yong River bisects the actual "city" of Nanning. It is in a hilly basin with elevations between 70 and 500 meters above sea-level. Qingxiu Mountain dominates the southern part of town.
Nanning's climate is sub-tropical and monsoonal and it is sometimes warm in winters as well as summers. Average temperature is 21.7°C. It is often windy or breezy and very rainy, with more than 1300 mm of precipitation annually. It is also frost-free for all but 3 or 4 days a year and never snows.
It was once the territory of the Baiyue people and came into its existence as a county named Jinxing in 318 A.D. and became the capital of Jinxing Prefecture separated from Yulin Prefecture of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It was the first time for Nanning to be the seat of a county and a prefecture, which marked the beginning of the founding of its administrative division. Nanning was named as‘Yongzhou’ in. the Tang Dynasty in 634 A.D. In the Yuan Dynasty in 1324 A.D, it was renamed as Nanning Lu (an administrative division) from Yongzhou Lu meaning “May peace maintain in the southern frontier”, hence the name “Nanning”. In its history, Nanning was famous for business trade, which had had permanent business offices from other areas in China since the Song Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty Nanning developed into the commodity distributing center of the Zuojiang(Left) River & the Youjiang(Right) River with the reputation of “Little Nanjing”. In 1907, it became a port for foreign trade. In 1914, the capital of Guangxi Zhuang Provinces moved from Guilin to Nanning. Nanning became the capital of Guangxi Autonomous Region in 1958.
Nanning has jurisdiction over 6 districts, 6 counties, and 6 development zones.
Districts:
Counties:
Development Zones:
- Nanning High-Tech Business DZ (南宁高新技术产业开发区)
- Nanning Economic and technology DZ (南宁经济技术开发区)
- Nanning Overseas Chinese Investment Zone (南宁华侨投资区)
- Nanning Qingxiu Mountain Resort/ Tourism Area (南宁青秀山风景名胜旅游区)
- Nanning Xiangsi Lake New Area (南宁相思湖新区)
- Nanning Liujing Industrial Park (南宁六景工业园区)
As of 2006 , the total population of Nanning was 6.48 million, among which 2.45 million were urban residents after the adjustment of administrative divisions. Nanning is a city where Zhuang ethnic group live in compact communities, and also the only city in all the autonomous regions in China features a southern flavor, together with open coastal areas. Thirty-five ethnic groups live in compact communities in Nanning, including people of Zhuang, Han, Yao, Hui, Miao, Dong, and Man minorities, among these groups the Zhuang people make up 56.3% of the total population. All the ethnic groups live in harmony. Their peculiar ethnic flavors and colorful ethnic cultures make a deep impression on the visitor.
Nanning is the center of science and technology, education, culture and sanitation Guangxi Province. There are altogether 54 scientific research institutes subordinate to districts. 10 colleges and 50 trade schools are training specialty personnel of all kinds for society. Now there are 62 mass cultural organizations, 13 performing groups, 8 cinemas, 285 projecting units, over 70 karaoke halls and over 1000 newsstands. The bookshops and cultural markets, which can be found every where and the broadcast and TV not only infinitely enrich Nanning citizens' culture life in spare time, but also help to improve their quality and the civilization degree of the city.
2004 GDP was 58.8 billion RMB, which is a 13% growth over the previous year. The GDP per capita was ¥16,121 (ca. US$1,950) in 2003, ranked no. 116 among 659 Chinese cities. Foreign exports in 2004 were 5 billion USD. Foreign fixed asset investment was 26 billion RMB. Nanning has 6 development zones and industrial parks, 3 of which accounted for 6 billion RMB of Nanning's GDP, more than 8% of Nanning's total.
Mineral resources include gold, iron, manganese, aluminum, quartz, silver, indium, coal, marble, and granite. One third of China's different types of mineral resources are found in Nanning.
Nanning is the jumping off point for scenic Guilin, with its world famous hill-scape, northern and western Guangxi and its minority villages, and the border with Vietnam in the south.
In 1998 alone, the city received 26,260 overseas tourists, earning foreign exchange totaling US$7.0663 million, some 5.01 percent of the city's total income. An addition of 6.89 million domestic visitors brought RMB 3.23 billion yuan into the city, some 19.95 percent of the total. Such achievements made Nanning the second place in the whole region in that year. The Major tourist attractions in Nanning are as following:
- Qingxiu Mountain Landscape (a park at provincial level)
- Guangxi Museum
- Guangxi Medicinal Botanical Garden
- Liangfengjiang River Scenic Spot (a state forest reserve)
- Phoenix Lake Holiday Site
- Minorities Cultural Relics Center
- Western Suburbs Zoo (including the country's largest Crocodile, Elephant,and Hippopotamus Enclosure)
- Golden Scented-Tea Park (the country's largest base for golden scented tea seeds)
- The Ruins of the Battlefield of Kunlunguan
- Yangmei Ancient Town;
- Lingshui Hot Spring (a large constant hot spring)
- Mingxiu Park
- Daming Muntain
- The Beiqiu ruins of Dingshishan Mountain (one of the 1997's 10 Greatest Archaeological Discoveries in China.)
Nanning's tropical climate gives it an amazing amount of biodiversity. There are many species of animals and more than 3,000 species of plants. Its city flower is the Jaba flower, an evergreen shrub, and its city tree is almond tree which is regarded as the backbone tree used for greening and landscaping throughout the city.
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- Guangxi University (广西大学) [1] (founded 1928)
- Guangxi University for Nationalities (广西民族大学) [2]
- Guangxi Medical University (广西医科大学) [3]
- Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medical University (广西中医学院)[4]
- Guangxi Teachers College (广西师范学院)[5] (Founded 1953)
- Guangxi Arts College (广西艺术学院)
- Guangxi College of Finance and Economics (广西财经学院) [6]
- Guangxi Educational College (广西教育学院) [7]
Note: Institutions without full-time bachelor programs are not listed.
- Nanning has been twinned with Klagenfurt, in Austria, since 2001.
- Nanning has Sister City Agreement with Bundaberg in Queensland，Australia. Agreement signed on 12 May 1998 in Bundaberg by Mayor Nita Cunningham and Mr Lin Guoqiang, Mayor of Nanning.
- Also the venue for "The World Robotics Olympiad 2006"
Nanning was the birthplace of:
- Deng Yingchao (1904-1992), Chairwoman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 1983 to 1988. Sometimes considered one of the Eight Immortals of Communist Party of China.
- Zhou Mi (born 1979), a female badminton player.
- Nanning Government
- China-ASEAN Expo
- Nanning International Folk Song Arts Festival
- 20 photos from Nanning
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Prefecture-level cities: Baise • Beihai • Chongzuo • Fangchenggang • Guigang • Guilin • Hechi • Hezhou • Laibin • Liuzhou • Nanning • Qinzhou • Wuzhou • Yulin |
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