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| Basics
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Economy
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Official Contact Information
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| Area : 236,700 km2
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Agriculture : bananas, cotton,
indigo, lemons, litchis, maize, mandarin oranges, papayas, peanuts, pears,
pomelos, ramie, rice, sesame, sweet potatoes, tangerines, tea, tobacco, water
chestnuts, wheat
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Regional government office address :
1 Minyue Road, Nanning
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| Capital and Largest City : Nanning
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Animal products : butterfish, eggs,
grouper, oyster, pearl, leather, red coat fish, red snapper, shrimp, shellfish,
silk cocoons, Spanish mackerel, squid
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Telephone : (86)(771)280-7778
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| English meaning of name : Western
Expanse
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Foreign direct investment (2003) :
US$456 million
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Website (Chinese) : www.gxi.gov.cn
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| Major Nationalities (2000) : Han 62%,
Zhuang 32%, Yao 3%, Miao 1%, Dong 0.7%, Gelao 0.4%
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GDP (2002) : 245.5 billion yuan
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Website (English) : not available
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| Organization : 14 prefectures; 109
counties; 1396 townships
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GDP per capita : 5092 yuan
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Transportation
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| Population (2002) : 48,220,000
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Industry : building materials,
cement, chemicals, dyes, energy, flour, handicrafts, iron, leather, machinery,
matches, nonferrous metals, paper, pharmaceuticals, pine resin, sandarac gum,
silk, steel, sugar, textiles
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Airports : Guilin Liangjiang
International Airport (KWL), Nanning Wuxu International Airport (NNG), Beihai
Airport (BHY), Liuzhou Airport (LZH), Wuzhou Airport (WUZ)
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| Population density : 204/km2
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List of desired foreign investment projects
: http://www.china.org.cn/english
/features/55634.htm
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Highways/railroads : 51,378 km of
highways including 1011 km of expressways; three major rail lines and numerous
feeder lines connect inland areas with Guangxi's three major ports
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| Weather : hot, wet summers; warm, dry
winters
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Mineral resources : aluminum,
antimony, manganese, silver, talcum, tin, tungsten, vanadium
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Major seaports : Fangcheng, Beihai,
Qinzhou; Nanning and Wuzhou are accessible by river
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