Guangxi (GZAR), umwhile romanizit Kwangsi, is a province o soothren Cheenae alang its mairch wi Vietnam. In 1958, it became the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, a region wi special privileges creatit specifically for the Zhuang fowk.
Guangxi's location, in muntainous terrain in the far sooth o Cheenae, haes placit it on the frontier o Cheenese ceevilization throughoot hintle o Cheenae's history. The current name "Guang" means "expanse" an haes been associatit wi the region syne the creation o Guang Prefectur in AD 226. It wis gien provincial level status durin the Yuan Dynasty, but even intae the 20t century it wis considered an open, wild territory.
The abbreviation o the province is "桂" (Pinyin: Gui; Zhuang: Gvei), which comes frae the ceety o Guilin, the umwhile caipital, center o hintle o Guangxi's cultur, politics, an history, an currently a major ceety in the autonomous region.
Freemit airtins
- Guangxi Govrenment wabsteid Archived 2007-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Where is Guangxi Archived 2013-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
- Travel guide tae Guangxi frae Wikivoyage
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