Guizhou

Guizhou is an inland province in with its capital and largest city as , located in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the Zhuang Autonomous Region to the south, to the west, to the northwest, the municipality of to the north, and to the east.
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is the capital of Guizhou province, . While not the most spectacular of Chinese cities, it has much to offer as an introduction to the history, culture and natural splendor of Guizhou and China's southwest.

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is a city in northern Guizhou province, . It is famous as a Chinese Communist Party history site as it was here that Mao Zedong became a full member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party.

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is a city in Guizhou Province, southwestern China. The city is rather small, but the huge waterfalls and caves in the surrounding area make this city a popular stop in most trips to Guizhou.

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is a city in western Guizhou province, People's Republic of China. The name combines the first character from the names of each of the city's three constituent counties: Liuzhi, Panzhou, Shuicheng.

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is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of Guizhou Province. is a multi-ethnic area. There are many famous scenic spots in , such as Fanjing Mountain, Shiqian Hot Spring, Daming Border Town, Miaowang City, Jiulong Cave and Zhou Yiqun's former residence.

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is an industrial city in Guizhou province and the capital of the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. At the edge of the city, there is a huge power station burning coal.

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in the southwest of Guizhou Province, is a city characterized by natural scenery and national culture. The mountains and rivers are beautiful, the climate is pleasant, and it has rich tourism resources.

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is a county in Qiannan Miao and Bouyei Autonomous Prefecture in Guizhou popular for karst landforms, clear streams, waterfalls, caves and an emerald lake.

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{{pagebanner| is a city in southeastern Guizhou. It is in the Qiandongnan Dong Miao Autonomous Region. It is a stopping point between small towns and villages in the region.

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is a county in Guizhou Province. Tourism is a significant and growing portion of the economy. is an ancient Miao city. The county is largely agricultural, focused on rice farming and vegetable cultivation.

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is a city of over a million people in Guizhou. is on the tourist circuit solely because of its proximity to Cao Hai Lake. The city and nearby country side are also home to significant populations of several minority groups, including Miao, Hui and Yi.

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County is a county under the jurisdiction of Qiandongnan Prefecture in Guizhou Province, located in the southeast of Guizhou Province and the middle of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture.

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County is a county in , Guizhou, China. It is divided by the Duliu River, the upper reaches of the Liu River, and borders to the south.

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is a county in Qianxinan, Guizhou, China. Qinglong is particularly known for the historic 24 Zigzags, a winding mountain road with 24 bends.

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is a county in Qiandongnan in Guizhou, China, known for its natural scenery and local ethnic culture.

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is a town in , Guizhou, China. It comprises eleven villages. Since the beginning of the 21st century the town is visited increasingly by tourists which has brought some prosperity to the region.

Guizhou

  • Type: State with 38,600,000 residents
  • Description: landlocked province of the People’s Republic of China
  • Also known as: “CN-52”, “Gùizhōu”, “Guizhou (PRC)”, “Guizhou Province”, “Guìzhōu shěng”, “Gujĝoŭo”, “Guylin Ölkisi”, “Gviĝoŭo”, “Hoei-tcheou”, “Hoeitcheou”, “Koei-chou”, “Koei-tcheou”, “Koeichou”, “Koeitcheou”, “Kouy-Tchéou”, “Kuei-chou”, “Kueichou”, “Kuetschou”, “Kùi-chiu”, “Kui-chû-sén”, “Kwei-tsjow”, “Kwéi-tsjow”, “Kweichau”, “Kweichew”, “Kweichou”, “Kweichow”, “Propinsi Guizhou”, “Province of Guizhou”, “província de Guizhou”, “Queiciou”, “Quí Châu”, “Tỉnh Quý Châu”, “Wilayah Guizhou”, “Гуейчжоу”, “Гуйджоу”, “Провінція Гуйчжоу”, “غويتشو”, “گویجو”, “مقاطعة قويتشو”, “गुइझोऊ प्रान्त”, “गुईझोऊ”, “गुएजो”, “ग्वीचौ”, “ग्वेझोउ”, “குய்ஸ்வு”, “กุ้ยโจว”, “ཀུད་ཀྲོའུ་”, “ཀུད་ཀྲོའུ།”, “구이저우”, “구이저우 성”, “귀주”, “귀주성”, “貴”, “貴州省 (中華人民共和国)”, “贵”, and “黔”
  • Neighbors: , , , , and
  • Categories: province of China and locality
  • Location: , , ,
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Latitude of center
27° north
Longitude of center
107° east
Population
38,600,000
Elevation
1,132 metres (3,714 feet)
Abbreviation
“黔”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244080393
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1809445
Wiki­data ID
Q47097
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zhuang—“Guizhou” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Guizhou”
  • Afrikaans: “Guizhou”
  • Amharic: “ጊይዞው”
  • Arabic: “قويتشو”
  • Armenian: “Գույչժոու”
  • Asturian: “Guizhou”
  • Azerbaijani: “Guyzho”
  • Balinese: “Guizhou”
  • Basque: “Guizhou”
  • Belarusian: “Гуйчжоу”
  • Belarusian: “Гуйчжоў”
  • Belarusian: “Правінцыя Гуйчжоу”
  • Bengali: “কুয়েইচৌ”
  • Bengali: “গুইঝো”
  • Bouyei: “Gvisxul”
  • Breton: “Guizhou”
  • Bulgarian: “Гуейджоу”
  • Burmese: “ကွေ့ကျိုး”
  • Catalan: “Guizhou”
  • Cebuano: “Guizhou Sheng”
  • Chechen: “Гуйчжоу”
  • Chinese: “Guizhou Sheng”
  • Chinese: “貴州省”
  • Chinese: “贵州”
  • Chinese: “贵州省”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Guizhou”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Guycou”
  • Croatian: “Guizhou”
  • Czech: “Kuej-čou”
  • Danish: “Guizhou”
  • Dutch: “Guizhou”
  • Esperanto: “Gŭiĝoŭo”
  • Estonian: “Guizhou”
  • Finnish: “Guizhou”
  • French: “Guizhou”
  • French: “Guìzhoū”
  • French: “Province de Guizhou”
  • Galician: “Guizhou”
  • Gan Chinese: “貴州”
  • Gan Chinese: “贵州省”
  • Georgian: “გუიჯოუ”
  • Georgian: “კუეიჭოუ”
  • German: “Guizhou”
  • Greek: “Κουεϊτσόου”
  • Gujarati: “ગુઇઝોઉ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Kui-chû”
  • Hausa: “Guizhou”
  • Hebrew: “גוויג’ואו”
  • Hindi: “गुइझोउ”
  • Hindi: “गुइझोऊ”
  • Hungarian: “Kujcsou”
  • Icelandic: “Guizhou”
  • Ido: “Provinco Guizhou”
  • Indonesian: “Guizhou”
  • Interlingua: “Guizhou”
  • Irish: “Guizhou”
  • Italian: “Guizhou”
  • Japanese: “貴州”
  • Japanese: “貴州省”
  • Javanese: “Guizhou”
  • Kannada: “ಗುಯಿಝೌ”
  • Kashmiri: “گویچو”
  • Kazakh: “Қойчжоу”
  • Khmer: “ខេត្តគុយចូវ”
  • Khmer: “គុយចូវ”
  • Kirghiz: “Гуйжоу”
  • Kirghiz: “Гуйчжоу”
  • Kongo: “Guizhou”
  • Korean: “구이저우성”
  • Kurdish: “Guizhou”
  • Lao: “ກຸ້ຍໂຈວ”
  • Latin: “Queichea”
  • Latvian: “Guidžou”
  • Literary Chinese: “貴州”
  • Literary Chinese: “貴州省”
  • Lithuanian: “Guidžou”
  • Lombard: “Guizhou”
  • Macedonian: “Гуиџоу”
  • Malagasy: “Guizhou”
  • Malay: “Guizhou”
  • Manipuri: “ꯒꯨꯢꯓꯧ”
  • Manx: “Guizhou”
  • Marathi: “क्वीचौ”
  • Mazanderani: “گوئیژو”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Gói-ciŭ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kùi-chiu-séng”
  • Mingrelian: “გუიჯოუ”
  • Mongolian: “Гуйжоу муж”
  • Nepali: “गुइझोउ”
  • Northern Frisian: “Guizhou”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Guizhou”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Guizhou”
  • Norwegian: “Guizhou”
  • Novial: “Guizhou”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Guizhou”
  • Oromo: “Guizhou”
  • Ossetian: “Гуйчжоу”
  • Pampanga: “Guizhou”
  • Panjabi: “ਗੁਈਝ਼ੋ”
  • Persian: “گوئیژو”
  • Persian: “گویژو”
  • Persian: “گوی‌ژوو”
  • Polish: “Kuejczou”
  • Portuguese: “Guizhou”
  • Pushto: “ګويژو”
  • Quechua: “Guizhou pruwinsya”
  • Romanian: “Guizhou”
  • Russian: “Гуйчжоу”
  • Scots: “Guizhou”
  • Serbian: “Гуејџоу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Guizhou”
  • Sindhi: “گزھو صوبو”
  • Sinhala: “ගුයිෂු”
  • Slovak: “Kuej-čou”
  • Slovenian: “Guidžov”
  • Somali: “Guizhou”
  • Spanish: “Guizhou”
  • Swahili: “Guizhou”
  • Swedish: “Guizhou”
  • Tagalog: “Guizhou”
  • Tajik: “Гуйчжоу”
  • Tamil: “குயிசூ”
  • Tatar: “Гуйчжоу”
  • Telugu: “గుయిజో”
  • Thai: “มณฑลกุ้ยโจว”
  • Tibetan: “ཀུད་ཀྲོའུ་ཞིང་ཆེན།”
  • Turkish: “Guizhou”
  • Uighur: “گۇيلىن ئۆلكىسى”
  • Ukrainian: “Гуйчжоу”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґуйчжоу”
  • Urdu: “گوئیژو”
  • Uzbek: “Guychjou”
  • Uzbek: “Guyzho”
  • Venetian: “Guizhou”
  • Vietnamese: “Quý Châu”
  • Walloon: “Gouizhou”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Guizhou”
  • Welsh: “Guizhou”
  • Western Armenian: “Կոյժհու”
  • Western Panjabi: “کوئیچو”
  • Western Panjabi: “گوئیژو”
  • Wu Chinese: “贵州省”
  • Yakut: “Гуйчжоу”
  • Yue Chinese: “貴州”
  • Zhuang: “Gveicouh”

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