Guilin

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Guilin 桂林市 • Gveilinz Si Kweilin
Prefecture-level city
From left to right, top to bottom: View of Guilin city; Elephant Trunk Hill, Sun and Moon Pagodas; Longsheng Rice Terraces, Jingjiang Princes' Palace, Reed Flute Cave; Yangshuo scenery
Location of Guilin City jurisdiction in Guangxi
Guilin Location in China
Coordinates (Guilin Central Square (桂林中心广场)): 25°16′30″N 110°17′46″E / 25.275°N 110.296°E / 25.275; 110.296
Country	People's Republic of China
Autonomous region	Guangxi
Area
• Prefecture-level city	27,797 km2 (10,732 sq mi)
• Urban	2,753 km2 (1,063 sq mi)
• Metro	5,041 km2 (1,946 sq mi)
Elevation	153 m (502 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Prefecture-level city	4,931,137
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
• Urban	1,725,865
• Urban density	630/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
• Metro	2,148,641
• Metro density	430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
GDP[2]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 231.1 billion US$ 35.8 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 46,767 US$ 7,249
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	541XXX
Area code	0773
ISO 3166 code	CN-GX-03
License plate prefixes	桂C for Guilin's city proper, Yangshuo, and Lingui; all others 桂H
Website	www.guilin.gov.cn

Guilin
"Guìlín" in Chinese characters
Chinese name
Chinese	桂林
Hanyu Pinyin	Guìlín
Postal	Kweilin
Literal meaning	"Sweet Osmanthus Forest"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guìlín Bopomofo ㄍㄨㄟˋ   ㄌㄧㄣˊ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Gueylin Wade–Giles Kuei4-lin2 Yale Romanization Gwèilín IPA [kwêɪ.lǐn] Hakka Romanization Kui-lìm Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Gwailàhm Jyutping Gwai3lam4 IPA [kʷɐj˧.lɐm˩]
Zhuang name
Zhuang	Gveilinz
1957 orthography	Gveilinƨ

Guilin (Standard Zhuang: Gveilinz), formerly romanized as Kweilin, is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is situated on the west bank of the Li River and borders Hunan to the north. Its name means "forest of sweet osmanthus", owing to the large number of fragrant sweet osmanthus trees located in the region. The city has long been renowned for its scenery of karst topography.

Guilin is one of China's most popular tourist destinations,^[3] and the epithet "By water, by mountains, most lovely, Guilin" (山水甲天下)^[4] is often associated with the city. The State Council of China has designated Guilin a National Famous Historical and Cultural City, doing so in the first edition of the list.