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Guilin

Guilin and the surrounding region are among the most scenic areas in China and the most popular tourist destinations both for Chinese travellers and the international backpacker set.
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  • Type: City with 4,930,000 residents
  • Description: prefecture-level city in Guangxi, China
  • Also known as: “Kuei-lin”, “Kuei-lin-shih”, “Kweilin”, “Kweilin-hsien”, “Lin-kuei”, “Lin-kuei-hsien”, “Lin-kwei”, and “Ling-ch’uan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Elephant Trunk Hill and Jingjiang Princes‘ City.

Scenic viewpoint
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The is a hill, landmark and tourist attraction in Guilin, , .

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Jingjiang Princes' Palace is a historical site in Guilin, Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. It now functions as both Guangxi Normal University and as a tourist attraction.

University
is a public university, located in Guilin, , . The university offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs through its schools: School of Medicine, School of Nursing and Midwifery and Graduate School.

Guilin

Latitude
25.278° or 25° 16′ 41″ north
Longitude
110.2911° or 110° 17′ 28″ east
Population
4,930,000
Elevation
141 metres (463 feet)
IATA airport code
KWL
United Nations Location Code
CN GUI
Open location code
7PQG77HR+5C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244080362
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1809498
Wiki­data ID
Q189633
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zhuang—“Guilin” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Guilin”
  • Arabic: “غويلين”
  • Armenian: “Գույլին”
  • Asturian: “Guilin”
  • Aymara: “Guilin”
  • Basque: “Guilin”
  • Belarusian: “Гарадская акруга Гуйлінь”
  • Belarusian: “Гуйлінь”
  • Bengali: “কুয়েইলিন”
  • Bengali: “গুইলিন”
  • Bulgarian: “Гуейлин”
  • Burmese: “ကွေ့လိန်မြို့”
  • Catalan: “Guilin”
  • Cebuano: “Guilin (kapital sa prepektura)”
  • Cebuano: “Guilin Shi”
  • Chinese: “Guìlín shì”
  • Chinese: “Kùi-lîm-chhī”
  • Chinese: “桂林”
  • Chinese: “桂林市”
  • Czech: “Kuej-lin”
  • Danish: “Guilin”
  • Dutch: “Guilin”
  • Esperanto: “Gujlin”
  • Estonian: “Guilin Shi”
  • Estonian: “Guilin”
  • Estonian: “Guilini mäed”
  • Finnish: “Guilin”
  • French: “Guilin”
  • Gan Chinese: “桂林市”
  • Georgian: “გუილინი”
  • German: “Guilin”
  • Greek: “Γκουιλίν”
  • Gujarati: “ગ્વિલિન”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Kui-lìm-sṳ”
  • Hebrew: “גווילין”
  • Hindi: “गुइलिन”
  • Hungarian: “Guilin”
  • Hungarian: “Kujlin”
  • Ido: “Guilin”
  • Indonesian: “Guilin”
  • Irish: “Guilin”
  • Italian: “Guilin”
  • Japanese: “桂林”
  • Japanese: “桂林市”
  • Kannada: “ಗುಯಿಲಿನ್”
  • Kikuyu: “Guilin”
  • Korean: “구이린 시”
  • Korean: “구이린”
  • Korean: “구이린시”
  • Kurdish: “Guilin”
  • Latin: “Guilin”
  • Latvian: “Guilina”
  • Latvian: “Guiliņa”
  • Literary Chinese: “桂林市”
  • Lithuanian: “Guilinas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Guilin”
  • Macedonian: “Гуилин”
  • Malagasy: “Guilin”
  • Malay: “Guilin”
  • Malayalam: “ഗ്വൈലിൻ”
  • Manx: “Guilin”
  • Marathi: “ज्युइलिन”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Gié-lìng”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kùi-lîm-chhī”
  • Mirandese: “Guilin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Guilin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kweilin”
  • Norwegian: “Guilin”
  • Ossetian: “Гуйлинь”
  • Persian: “گویلین”
  • Polish: “Guilin”
  • Polish: “Kuejlin”
  • Portuguese: “Guilin”
  • Romanian: “Guilin”
  • Russian: “Гуйлинь”
  • Scots: “Guilin”
  • Serbian: “Гуејлин”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Guilin”
  • Sinhala: “ගුයිලින්”
  • Slovenian: “Guilin”
  • Spanish: “Guilin”
  • Spanish: “Guilín”
  • Spanish: “Kweilin”
  • Swedish: “Guilin (prefekturhuvudort)”
  • Swedish: “Guilin”
  • Swedish: “Kweilin”
  • Tamil: “குயிலின்”
  • Telugu: “గుయిలిన్”
  • Thai: “กุ้ยหลิน”
  • Turkish: “Guilin”
  • Uighur: “Guylin shehiri”
  • Uighur: “گۇيلىن شەھىرى”
  • Ukrainian: “Гуйлінь”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґуйлінь”
  • Urdu: “گوئلن”
  • Venetian: “Guilin”
  • Vietnamese: “Quế Lâm, Quảng Tây”
  • Vietnamese: “Quế Lâm”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Guilin”
  • Welsh: “Guilin”
  • Western Panjabi: “گوئیلن”
  • Wu Chinese: “桂林”
  • Wu Chinese: “桂林市”
  • Yue Chinese: “桂林”
  • Yue Chinese: “桂林市”
  • Yue Chinese: “桂林郡”
  • Zhuang: “Gveilinz Si”
  • Zhuang: “Gveilinz”
  • Zhuang: “桂林”
  • Zhuang: “桂林市”

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