Xingyi is a county-level city and the seat of the Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in the southwest of Guizhou Province, China. It takes its name from Xingyi Prefecture, created by the Qing dynasty in 1797 after the Nanlong Uprising, and Xingyi County was founded in 1798. The city covers 2911 square kilometres and had 784,032 residents in 2010, divided into twelve subdistricts, seventeen towns and three townships. It lies in karst country on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and is known for the Wanfenglin cone karst peak forest, the Maling River gorge and the Middle Triassic marine reptile fossils of the Xingyi Fauna, including Keichousaurus hui; UNESCO designated the area a Global Geopark in March 2024. The Nanning-Kunming Railway and Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport serve the city.
Facts
Population Estimate Year Sources
1. citypopulation.de: China: Guizhou, prefectures, cities, districts and counties (citypopulation.de)
citypopulation.deCensus table, Xingyi, census year
Xīngyì Shì County-level City 兴义市 719,605 783,120 1,004,132
On Continent: Asia, Page breadcrumb
Home → Asia → China
View the Source 2. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Asia/ShanghaiQuote, Zone Asia/Shanghai
8:00 PRC C%sT
Xingyi, Guizhou (Wikipedia)
Part Of: China, LeadQuote, Part Of: China, Lead
in the southwest of Guizhou Province, China
United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
United Nations Statistics DivisionIn Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Geographic regions, Eastern AsiaQuote, In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Geographic regions, Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia 030 China 156 CHN
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