Guilin
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• Located in north eastern part of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
• Area- covers 4,195 km. sq.
• 150 m above sea level
  
  
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• third most popular tourist destination in China after the Great Wall and the Buried Army
• developed as a transportaion root for military supplies
• well known sites- the Lijiang (the Li River), and the colour-lit stalagmites and stalactites of the Reed Flute Cave and Seven Star Caves (1,000 metres in length).

• known for beautiful scenery
• name means "cassia tree forrest"
• autumn scent of healthy cassia trees
  


• ecconomy- tourism and markets
  
• Major crops- paddy rice, bamboo, sugar cane, persimmons, pomelos, oranges, water-chestnuts (which have a popular demand in Hong Kong), tangerines, loquats and pears.
  
• new technology and scientific advances being taken advantage of
  
• important cash crops- Forestry, fishing and animal husbandry
  
• key industrial products- electronic goods, rubber tyres, machinery and tools, luxury buses, local crafts and embroidery and food
  population- 1.3 million
• Han people, Zhuang, Miao and Hui.
• 725 educational institutes including 15 universities and colleges, 20 specialist secondary schools and 500 high schools
• among the first to cut out literacy & introduced a 9 yr. compulsoy education program
  


• climate- subtropical
  
• precipitation- 1900 mm
  
• AVG. temp - 20
  


• government people- a mayor, nine deputy-mayors, and a comprehensive set of departmental management
  
• try to improve tourism by funding urban infrastructure improvements, and high-quality hotel and commercial developments