Southwest China
Southwest China is the most exotic area of China, home to many minority ethnic groups. It has much in common with Northwest China; both areas are far less prosperous than the eastern and southern coastal regions.Popular Destinations
Sichuan
Sichuan, is a province in Southwest China. It is China's fourth most populous province; at 81 million it has about the population of Germany. Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.Yunnan
Yunnan is a province in southern China, bordering Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam as well as the Chinese provinces and regions of Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan and Tibet. Photo: JialiangGao, CC BY-SA 3.0.Tibet
Tibet is sometimes described as the "roof of the world"; the entire region is on a high plateau and there are many large mountains. Photo: Lucag, CC BY-SA 2.5.Guizhou
Guizhou is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Photo: Glabb, CC BY-SA 3.0.Destinations
Chongqing
Chongqing municipality is in Southwest China. It has of population of over 30 million and covers 82,403 km2. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.Southwest China
- Type: Region of China
- Description: geographical region
- Location: China, East Asia, Asia
Latitude of center 30.6° or 30° 36' north | Longitude of center 96° or 96° east |
Also Known As
- Arabic: جنوب غرب الصين
- Asturian: China del Suroeste
- Burmese: တရုတ် အနောက်တောင်ပိုင်း
- Chinese: 中国西南
- Chinese: 中国西南地区
- Chinese: 中国西南部
- Chinese: 中國西南
- Chinese: 中國西南地區
- Czech: Jihozápadní Čína
- Dutch: Xinan
- Dutch: Zuidwest-China
- Esperanto: Sudokcidenta Ĉinio
- French: Chine du Sud-Ouest
- French: Xinan
- Georgian: სამხრეთ-დასავლეთი ჩინეთი
- Georgian: სამხრეთ-დასავლეთ ჩინეთი
- German: Südwestchina
- German: Xinan
- Greek: Νοτιοδυτική Κίνα
- Hebrew: דרום-מערב סין
- Hindi: दक्षिणपश्चिम चीन
- Indonesian: Tiongkok Barat Daya
- Italian: Cina del sudovest
- Japanese: 中国西南部
- Korean: 시난
- Korean: 시난 지구
- Korean: 중국 서남부
- Norwegian: Xinan
- Norwegian Bokmål: Xinan
- Persian: جنوب غربی چین
- Portuguese: Sudoeste
- Romanian: Xinan
- Russian: Юго-запад Китая
- Spanish: China del Suroeste
- Turkish: Güneybatı Çin
- Urdu: جنوب مغربی چین
- Vietnamese: Miền Tây Nam Trung Quốc
- Vietnamese: Tây Nam Trung Quốc
- Wu Chinese: 中國西南
- Yue Chinese: 中國西南
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