Guilin Introduction

Guilin Introduction

Guilin (in Zhuang language: Gveilinz) is the world famous tourist city, one of China s first batch of national historical and cultural cities, and the China Excellent Tourism City

Release time : 2016-02-29 11:47:54

source : WTCF

City Introduction

Guilin is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is situated on the west bank of the Li River and borders Hunan to the north. The city has long been renowned for its scenery of karst topography and is one of China's most popular tourist destinations

Geography

Location

Geographically, Guilin is situated in the southwest of the Nanling Mountain range or northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It sits at the southern end of Hunan-Guangxi Corridor and borders Hunan Province to its northeast. The Hunan-Guangxi Railway runs across Lijiang River and the Greater Guilin area is connected by Guiyang-Guangzhou High-speed Railway, which is currently under construction, as well as National Highways G321, G322, and G323. With a coordinate between 24°15' to 26°23' N and 109°36' to 111°29' E, its elevation is 150 m above sea level. In addition to the northeast part of Hunan Province, Guilin also borders the cities of Liuzhou and Laibin to its southwest and the cities of Wuzhou and Hezhou to its southeast.

Climate

With a low altitude, Guilin has a tropical monsoon climate typical of Central Asia. It has warm and mild weather, abundant rainfall, ample sunshine, and large amounts of heat. It enjoys ideal weather conditions characterized by longer frost-free periods, a clear distinction of the four seasons and concurrence of rain and heat during the same season. With an annual temperature of 19.3℃, it’s a comfortable place to live in. The city’s hottest month falls on July where the average monthly temperature is 28℃ and coldest month falls on January with an average monthly temperature of 7.9℃. On yearly average, it has 309 frost-free days, 1949.5 mm of precipitation, 1490 to 1905 mm of vaporization capacity, a relative humidity of 73～79%, 1670 hours of sunshine, 99.49 kPa of air pressure and a wind speed of 2.2～2.7 m/s with dominant