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Guangxi (廣西, previously transliterated as Kwangsi or Kuang-hsi in Wade-Giles) is an Autonomous Region of China. Its formal name is the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Together, Guangxi and Guangdong are called the "Two Guang" (兩廣 liang3 gaung3).
| Province Abbreviation(s): Xx | |
| Capital | Nanning[?] |
| Area - Total - % water | Ranked 9th 236,000 km² xx% |
| Population
- Total (2000) - Density | Ranked 11th
44,980,000 191/km² |
| Administration Type | Autonomous Region |
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Located in the southern part of the country, Guangxi is bordered by Yunnan to the west, Guizhou to the north, Hunan to the northeast, and Guangdong to the southeast, and by Vietnam and the Beibu Bay to the southwest.
Major cities include: Beihai[?], Guilin[?], Liuzhou[?].
The region has a high concentration of the Zhuang people.
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