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Guizhou Province

Guizhou Province
贵州省
Province
Name transcription(s)
 • Chinese 贵州省 (Guìzhōu Shěng)
 • Abbreviation or (pinyin: Qián or Guì)
Map showing the location of Guizhou Province
Map showing the location of Guizhou Province
Coordinates: 26°50′N 106°50′E / 26.833°N 106.833°E / 26.833; 106.833Coordinates: 26°50′N 106°50′E / 26.833°N 106.833°E / 26.833; 106.833
Named for Gui - Gui Mountains
zhou (prefecture)
Capital Guiyang
Largest city Bijie
Divisions 9 prefectures, 88 counties, 1539 townships
Government
 • Secretary Chen Min'er
 • Governor Sun Zhigang
Area
 • Total 176,167 km2 (68,018 sq mi)
Area rank 16th
Population (2010)
 • Total 34,746,468
 • Rank 19th
 • Density 200/km2 (510/sq mi)
 • Density rank 18th
Demographics
 • Ethnic composition Han - 62%
Miao - 12%
Buyei - 8%
Dong - 5%
Tujia - 4%
Yi - 2%
Undistinguished - 2%
Gelao - 2%
Sui - 1%
 • Languages and dialects Southwestern Mandarin
ISO 3166 code CN-52
GDP (2014) CNY 0.1 trillion
USD 151 billion (26th)
 • per capita CNY 26,400
USD 4,300 (31st)
HDI (2010) 0.598 (medium) (30th)
Website http://www.gzgov.gov.cn
(Simplified Chinese)
Guizhou
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Postal Kweichow

Guizhou, formerly romanized as Kweichow, is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the southwestern part of the country. Its capital city is Guiyang.

The area was first organized as an administrative region of a Chinese empire under the Tang, when it was named Juzhou (), pronounced Kjú-jyuw in the Middle Chinese of the period. During the Mongolian Yuan dynasty, the character (ju, "carpenter's square") was changed to the more refined (gui, "precious or expensive"). The region formally became a province in 1413, with an eponymous capital then also called "Guizhou" but now known as Guiyang.

From around 1046 BCE to the emergence of the Qin Dynasty, northwest Guizhou was part of the State of Shu. During the Warring States period, the Chinese state of Chu conquered the area, and control later passed to the Dian Kingdom. During the Chinese Han Dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE), to which the Dian was tributary, Guizhou was home to the Yelang collection of tribes, which largely governed themselves before the Han consolidated control in the southwest and established the Lingnan province. During the Three Kingdoms period, parts of Guizhou were governed by the Shu Han state based in Sichuan, followed by Cao Wei (220–265) and the Jin Dynasty (265–420).


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