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Guizhou

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<font size="+1">贵州省<br>Gu?zhōu Shěng</font>
<font size="-1">Abbreviations: 黔 or 贵 (pinyin: Qi?n or Gu?)</font>
Image:China-Guizhou.png|Guizhou is highlighted on this map
Origin of Name 贵 gu? - valuable <br>州 zhōu - zhou (political division)|zhou <br>"valuable prefecture"
Administration Type Province of China|Province
Capital and<br>Largest City Guiyang
Communist Party of China|CPC Guizhou Committee Secretary Qian Yunlu
Governor Shi Xiushi
Area 176,100 square kilometre|km&sup2; (List of China administrative regions by area|16th)
Population (2002) <br />&nbsp;- Density 38,370,000 (List of China administrative regions by population|15th) <br /> 218/km&sup2; (List of China administrative regions by population density|18th)
Gross domestic product|GDP (2002)<br />&nbsp;- per capita 118.5 billion Renminbi|? (List of China administrative regions by gross domestic product|26th) <br /> 3088 Renminbi|? (List of China administrative regions by GDP per capita|31st)
Major Nationalities of China|Nationalities (2000) Han Chinese|Han - 63%<br />Hmong|Miao - 12%<br />Buyi - 8%<br />Dong people|Dong - 5%<br />Tujia - 4%<br />Yi - 2%<br />Gelao - 2%<br />Shui - 1%
Political divisions of China#Prefecture level|Prefecture-level divisions
Political divisions of China#County level|County-level divisions 88
Political divisions of China#Township level|Township-level divisions 1539
ISO 3166-2 CN-52

Guizhou (zh-stpw |s=贵州 |t=貴州 |p=Gùizhōu |w=Kuei-chou; also spelled Kweichow) is a political divisions of China|province of the People's Republic of China located in the southwestern part of the country.







Guizhou adjoins Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality to the north, Yunnan Province to the west, Guangxi Province to the south and Hunan Province to the east.

Other cities include: Anshun, Congjiang, Zunyi.

Guizhou has a subtropical humid climate. There are few seasonal changes.







Guizhou is one of the provinces that contains the most List of Chinese ethnic groups|minority groups. The minority groups account for more than 37% of the total population and they include Yao people|Yao, Miao, Yi, Qiang, Dong people|Dong, Zhuang, Buyi, Bai, Tujia, Gelao and Shui. 55.5% of the province area is designated as autonomous regions for them.







The province has many covered bridges, called Wind and Rain Bridges. These were built by the Dong minority people.

Huangguoshu Waterfall, the biggest waterfall in China.








Provinces of China

Category:Provinces of the People's Republic of China
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