BY Monica Paul

Guangxi

Absolute Location: 20° 54' to 26° 23' N 104° 29' to 112° 03' ERelative Location: Guangxi is located in the southern part of China, it is west of Yunnan; north to Guizhou , northeast to Hunan , and southeast to Guangdong . It is also by Vietnam in the southwest and the Gulf of Tonkin in the south.

Location

Bodies of water: Guangxi has a short coastline on the Gulf of Tonkin. Major rivers include Hongshui RiverLandforms: Guangxi is a mountainous region

Physical Characteristics

Climate: Crossed by the Tropic of Cancer in the central part, Guangxi has a sub-tropical climate with plentiful rainfall, frequent rainstorms and typhoons in summer and autumnAnimals: Tonkin snub nosed monkeys, cao vit gibbons, giant flying squirrels, southern serow, Asiatic black bear, musk deer, silver pheasants

Climate and Animal Life

Natural vegetation- About 3,000 different species of plants have been found in Guangxi.122 of these plants are near extinction. The region is well known for high-quality shaddock, banana, pineapple and orange

Natural Vegetation

Population: 47,700,000Ethnic Groups: Han, Zhuang, Yao, Miao, Dong, and GelaoLanguage: Southwestern Mandarin, Cantonese, Pinghua, and ZhuangCustoms: Gexu Festival, Huapao Festival, Tiaopo Festival, Gushe Festival, Lusheng Festival

Human characteristics

Economy: Motor vehicle manufacturing tin, manganese, indium, rice, sweet potatoes, wheat, sugar cane, peanuts, and tobacco productionGovernment: Guangxi’s chairman is Ma Biao

Economy and Government

These peoples often wear their native garb, colorful and bright costumes made of hand-woven cloth and embroidered with exquisite designs. The women tend to favor silver ornaments such as rings, necklaces, bracelets, hairpins and buttons. Men and women alike are fond of singing and dancing. Guangxi is known as the "Ses of Songs", because the Zhuang people are famous for singing their way through life. They sing of love, of play, of work, of sadness, of happiness, of celebration and of mourning. They sing to urge guests to drink at parties and to urge the gods to send rain for the crops. Every spring and autumn, young people dress up and gather together to sing such songs at the “Singing Festival".

Customs

Major trade partners: Guangxi is part of the ASEAN(Association of South East Asia Nations). Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam are all part of the ASEAN.Metropolitan cities: Nanning, Liuzhou, Guilin, Beihai Major river drainage: Liu River

Functional Region

Climate regions: Sub-tropical climate and is warmer in the west

Vegetation: deciduous and some evergreens

Land area: 91,400 sq mi

Formal Region

Dams: Dahua Dam, Yantan Dam, Bailongtan Dam, Pingban Dam, Xijing Dam, Longtan Dam

Canals: Ling Canal and Lingqu Canal

Irrigation: Rice patties

Human Environment Interaction

Guangxi was meant for the Zhuang people. Sha Tian Pomeloes- The size of the fruit is medium. Its rind is thick. Its inner peel of the fruit is thin and the pulp is white and light red. It is sweet and juicy. Wu Tang Sugar Cane-it is people's favorite "fruit" in autumn or in winterMajor import products included soybeans (US$676 million), mechanical and electrical products (US$586 million), spinning fibers (US$383 million), coal (US$254 million), and high and new-tech products (US$237 million)Mechanical and electrical products remained the most important export products for the Guangxi province. Other important export products are travel goods, boxes and bags (US$207 million), rolled steel (US$162 million), porcelain and pottery wares (US$114 million), and high and new-tech products (US$106 million)Guangxi’s largest foreign trade partner is VietnamTextiles, paper, flour, silk, leather, cotton, ramie cloths, bamboo paper, rice paper, bamboo combs, matches, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals well as sandarac gum, sugar, dyestuffs, oils, fats, automobiles, and heavy diesel engines are all produced in Guangxi.

Movement of people and goods

1.Guangxi served as the base for one of the most powerful warlord cliques of China.2.During Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution, Guangxi was the site of thousands of incidences of cannibalism.

Facts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangxihttp://www.sacu.org/guangxi.htmlwww.fauna-flora.orgwww.Chinadaily.comwww.Chinaknowledge.com

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