Guilin is located in the southwest of Nanling Mountains, at the southern end of Gui Xiang Corridor, and in the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, with east longitude109 36' 50 "-1129' 30" and north latitude 24 15' 23 "-26 26 ".
Guilin borders Hunan Province in the north and northeast, Hezhou City in the southeast, Wuzhou City and Laibin City in the south, and Liuzhou City in the west and southwest, with a total area of 27,700 square kilometers (including 866.36 square kilometers in the central city), accounting for 1 1.74% of the total area of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Extended data
The historical evolution of Guilin;
In the Republic of China, Guilin belonged to Guangxi Province, and 19 14 was renamed Guilin County. From June 1944,165438+/kloc-0 to July 28th, 1945 was occupied by Japanese invaders. After the recovery, it was still a city under the jurisdiction of Guangxi Province, and it was the capital of Guangxi for a long time in the history of the Republic of China.
1949165438+1October 22nd, Guilin was liberated and was a municipality under the jurisdiction of Guangxi province. 1958 was renamed as Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which governs the urban and suburban areas of Guilin.
1981July,19831kloc-0/October, Yangshuo County and Lingui County were respectively under the jurisdiction of Guilin City. On February 26th, with the approval of the State Council, 1996 65438, Guilin implemented partial division adjustment and renamed its suburb as Yanshan District, 65438+.
Guilin Municipal People's Government-Geographical Location
Baidu Encyclopedia-Guilin