Guiyang 貴陽 市(CN)

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Guiyang is the capital of Guizhou province of Southwest China. It is located in the center of the province, situated on the east of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, and on the north bank of the Nanming River, a branch of the Wu River. The city has an elevation of about 1,100 meters (3,600 ft). It has an area of 8,034 square kilometers (3,102 sq mi). At the 2010 census, its population was 4,324,561, out of whom 3,037,159 lived in the 7 urban districts.

Guiyang is currently a 'prefecture-level city' (地級市). The entire Guiyang municipality currently consists of six 'districts' (区), one 'county-level city' (縣級市) and three counties (縣). The districts are Nanming (南明区), Yunyan (云岩区), Huaxi (花溪区), Wudang (乌当区), Baiyun (白云区) and Guanshanhu (观山湖区). The county-level city is Qingzhen (清镇市) and the counties are Kaiyang (开阳县), Xifeng (息烽县) and Xiuwen (修文县).

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