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Yulin Watlam | |
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 Yulin in 2006 | |
 Location of Yulin City jurisdiction in Guangxi | |
| Coordinates (Yulin municipal government):22°39′14″N110°10′52″E / 22.654°N 110.181°E /22.654; 110.181 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Guangxi |
| Municipal seat | Yuzhou District |
| Area | |
| 12,828 km2 (4,953 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 1,237 km2 (478 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 3,689.4 km2 (1,424.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
| 5,796,766 | |
| • Density | 451.88/km2 (1,170.4/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,226,830 |
| • Urban density | 991.8/km2 (2,569/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,438,467 |
| • Metro density | 660.94/km2 (1,711.8/sq mi) |
| GDP[2] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 207.1 billion US$ 32.1 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 35,639 US$ 5,524 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 537000 |
| Area code | 0775 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-GX-09 |
| Website | yulin |
Yulin (Chinese:玉林;pinyin:Yùlín;lit. 'Jade Forest',鬱林),alternately romanized asWatlam, is one of the fourteenprefecture-level cities of theGuangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,People's Republic of China. Its Chinese name was changed in 1956 from the historical name "鬱林" (pinyin:Yùlín;lit. 'Dense Forest'), which ishomophonous inStandard Mandarin, but different in thelocal dialect ofYue Chinese; "鬱" is[uat˥] while "玉" is[ȵok˨]. The former romanization follows the pronunciation of the historical name in Yue Chinese. Its built-up area is made of two urban districts, and Beiliu City was home to 2,438,467 inhabitants as of 2020 census.
Yulin is located in southeasternGuangxi province along the border withGuangdong. It is a hilly basin with a total area of 12,838 km2 (4,957 sq mi).[3]
Yulin's climate is subtropical and monsoonal. Average annual temperatures is 22.9 °C. Yearly precipitation is 1,577 mm.
| Climate data for Yulin, elevation 122 m (400 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1991–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28.7 (83.7) | 32.2 (90.0) | 33.2 (91.8) | 34.9 (94.8) | 36.6 (97.9) | 37.5 (99.5) | 38.2 (100.8) | 37.9 (100.2) | 36.4 (97.5) | 35.9 (96.6) | 32.7 (90.9) | 29.7 (85.5) | 38.2 (100.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.8 (64.0) | 19.6 (67.3) | 22.0 (71.6) | 26.9 (80.4) | 30.7 (87.3) | 32.3 (90.1) | 33.2 (91.8) | 33.1 (91.6) | 32.0 (89.6) | 29.4 (84.9) | 25.4 (77.7) | 20.4 (68.7) | 26.9 (80.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.6 (56.5) | 15.5 (59.9) | 18.4 (65.1) | 23.1 (73.6) | 26.3 (79.3) | 27.9 (82.2) | 28.5 (83.3) | 28.4 (83.1) | 27.3 (81.1) | 24.3 (75.7) | 20.1 (68.2) | 15.4 (59.7) | 22.4 (72.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.7 (51.3) | 12.7 (54.9) | 15.7 (60.3) | 20.3 (68.5) | 23.3 (73.9) | 25.1 (77.2) | 25.6 (78.1) | 25.4 (77.7) | 24.0 (75.2) | 20.7 (69.3) | 16.5 (61.7) | 11.9 (53.4) | 19.3 (66.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) | 1.7 (35.1) | 5.7 (42.3) | 8.1 (46.6) | 15.8 (60.4) | 19.8 (67.6) | 22.0 (71.6) | 21.5 (70.7) | 15.3 (59.5) | 10.3 (50.5) | 6.6 (43.9) | 0.8 (33.4) | 0.8 (33.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 61.4 (2.42) | 46.1 (1.81) | 79.6 (3.13) | 146.3 (5.76) | 235.0 (9.25) | 268.2 (10.56) | 246.7 (9.71) | 186.8 (7.35) | 131.0 (5.16) | 65.6 (2.58) | 56.9 (2.24) | 44.2 (1.74) | 1,567.8 (61.71) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.4 | 11.3 | 16.3 | 15.3 | 16.9 | 18.7 | 17.9 | 17.4 | 11.6 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 156.9 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 77 | 80 | 83 | 81 | 81 | 83 | 80 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 78 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 79.3 | 62.2 | 47.9 | 75.0 | 132.9 | 140.3 | 179.0 | 180.7 | 176.4 | 185.9 | 151.4 | 126.1 | 1,537.1 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 23 | 19 | 13 | 20 | 32 | 35 | 43 | 46 | 48 | 52 | 46 | 38 | 35 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
Artifacts suggest that the area was settled before theQin dynasty but acommandery by the name ofYulin was not established until earlyHan dynasty. The urban centre of Yulin became azhou in 996 AD. Since ancient times, Yulin has been important for trade and communications between central China and the south, especially along the coast of theTonkin Gulf.
Yulin has twodistricts, onecity, fourcounties, and 119towns andtownships.
Districts:
County-level City:
Counties:
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Yulin is also infamous for its annualdog meat andlychee festival which takes place on 21 June, over the course of 10 days or so. Over 10,000 dogs are slaughtered at this festival for human consumption. The festival also includes consuming cat and lychee. Many of the dogs are stolen pets.[6][7]
Yulin is rich in natural resources. Important mineral resources include granite, limestone, iron, and gemstones. It is also Guangxi's biggest source of porcelain clay. Major agricultural products are rice, bananas, tomatoes, mandarin oranges, mangoes, longan, anise, tea, sugarcane, livestock such as cattle, pigs, geese, chickens and dogs. Industrial goods include machinery, construction materials, processed food, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, cigarettes, and ceramics.
Yulin is where theG59 Hohhot–Beihai Expressway andG80 Guangzhou–Kunming Expressway intersect, and there are also provincial highways and "not tolled" roads available.[A]
Yulin is served byYulin railway station, which sees both high-speed and conventional services. Typical trains take approximately 2 hours to reachNanning, capital of Guangxi.
Yulin is served byYulin Fumian Airport, which opened in August 2020.
Yulin is home toYulin Normal University, where there are 13 departments with 38 four-year undergraduate specialties, 14 three-year specialties, more than 17,200 students including 12,000 full-time students and 5,200 higher education students.
Guangxi Yulin High School[8] is a high-level key middle school in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and an advanced unit of national spiritual civilization construction. It is also the first demonstration ordinary high school in Guangxi.
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