How many counties are there in Guangxi?

As of 2016, the administrative divisions of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region are 14 prefecture-level cities, 7 county-level cities, 64 counties (including 12 ethnic autonomous counties), 40 municipal districts, 799 towns, 319 There are 128 sub-district offices in each township (including 59 ethnic townships), and the capital is Nanning City.

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is located in the southern border of the motherland, between 104°28′~112°04′ east longitude and 20°54′~26°24′ north latitude, with the Tropic of Cancer running through the central part. It borders Guangdong Province to the east, Beibu Gulf to the south and Hainan Province across the sea, Yunnan Province to the west, Hunan Province to the northeast, Guizhou Province to the northwest, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the southwest. The land area of ??the administrative region is 237,600 square kilometers, and the Beibu Gulf sea area under its jurisdiction is about 40,000 square kilometers.

In 2016, Guangxi’s permanent population was 48.38 million, an increase of 0.9% over the previous year, and the growth rate was 0.3 percentage points higher than the national average; the registered population was 55.79 million, an increase of 1.1%. The total permanent population accounts for 3.5% of the country, and the population density is 204 people per square kilometer.

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Economic development of Guangxi Beibu Gulf:

In 2016, as the shipping industry continued to be sluggish and the growth rate of ports above designated size nationwide slowed down , the three port areas operated and managed by Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group have completed a cumulative throughput of 139.6 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 9.02%. Beibu Gulf Port is also actively participating in the construction of the "New Chongqing-Guangxi" southbound passage, forming a new sea-land connection between Asia and Europe connecting Southeast Asia, passing Guangxi to Chongqing and then to Europe.

The construction of the Beibu Gulf Port is an important support for the development of the Beibu Gulf Economic Zone towards the sea. The four cities of the economic zone, Nanning, Beihai, Fangchenggang and Qinzhou, with less than 1/5 of Guangxi’s land and 1/4 of the population, have created more than 1/3 of the region’s GDP, 2/5 of its fiscal revenue, and 1/4 of its total fiscal revenue. 2's total foreign trade volume has become one of the most dynamic regions in my country's coastal economy.

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region People’s Government Portal-District Population