Nanning is located in the subtropical zone, south of the Tropic of Cancer, with subtropical monsoon climate, abundant sunshine and rainfall. The annual average temperature is 265,438 0.7 degrees Celsius, the annual average rainfall is 65,438 0.300mm, and the frost-free period is as high as 365 days.
Nanning is a green city. Green is in the city, the city is in the green, evergreen all the year round, and flowers bloom all the year round. Greening, beautification, color and subtropical scenery are integrated. There are 13 parks and more than 30 street parks in the urban area. The green coverage area of the built-up area is 3666 hectares, with a coverage rate of 36. 1%, and the per capita public green area is 7.48 square meters. With continuous efforts in urban greening and environmental protection, Nanning's urban air quality has reached the national first-class and second-class standards all the year round, ranking among the provincial capital cities in China.
Nanning is located at the junction of economic circles in South China, Southwest China and Southeast Asia. It is an important economic center around the Beibu Gulf coast and a new hub city in the southwest sea passage. Nanning plays a supporting role in the coastal cities of Guangxi, a connecting role in the economic circles of South China and Southwest China, and an opening role in the frontier cities of China facing Southeast Asian countries by virtue of its geographical advantages of facing Southeast Asia, relying on the southwest and being adjacent to Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.
Nanning is located in the southwest of Guangxi, adjacent to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Nanning, the capital of the autonomous region, is an ancient border city with a long history, which was called Yongzhou in ancient times. It is the hometown of red beans with profound cultural accumulation. Nanning belonged to Baiyue territory in ancient times. After Qin Shihuang unified Lingnan area, Nanning belonged to Guilin County. In the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wudi placed it under the jurisdiction of Yulin County. In the first year of Daxing in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 3 18), Daxing County was established, and Nanning was the seat of county administration. Since then, Nanning has been established for more than 1600 years. In the eighth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty (AD 634), Emperor Taizong named this place Yongzhou and made it Xiadu House, which is the origin of Nanning's abbreviation "Yong". In the first year of Taiding in the Yuan Dynasty (A.D. 13 14), the central government changed Tanzhou Road to Nanning Road, which meant peace in southern Xinjiang, hence the name "Nanning". Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was established 1958, and Nanning became the capital of the autonomous region. Nanning, the capital, is a famous southern city with a long history, beautiful scenery and picturesque scenery. It can be described as "half city with green trees and half tower" and has the reputation of garden city. She is full of green leaves, and full of green, betel nuts, palm trees and other subtropical landscape trees are all over the streets, parks, cities and metropolises. The fruits of these trees, together with pineapple, banana, litchi and longan, bring a fragrant season to Nanning. Mountains, rivers, lakes, streams, green trees, flowers, high-rise buildings and bustling street scenes complement each other, forming a landscape feature rich in southern subtropical scenery, which is praised as the "green capital" of China by Chinese and foreign tourists.
Nanning is a multi-ethnic capital city dominated by Zhuang nationality. It is inhabited by Zhuang, Han, Yao, Hui, Miao, Dong, Man, Mongolia, Maonan, Beijing, Mulao, Dai, Buyi, Li, Lisu, Russia, Yi, Gelao, soil, water and mountains. Zhuang nationality is an indigenous people who have lived in the local area for generations; After Qin and Han Dynasties, the Han people moved here. After the Yuan Dynasty, the Hui people moved here. After the Qing Dynasty, most Yao and Miao people moved here. Most of the remaining ethnic groups moved from various places after liberation. In 2004, the total population of Nanning was 6,488,500, including 37,335,438+0,000 ethnic minorities, accounting for 57.53% of the city's total population. Among the ethnic minorities, the population of Zhuang nationality is 3,623,600, accounting for 55.85% of the total population of the city. Ethnic minorities have a large population, ranking first in the capital cities of five ethnic minority autonomous regions in China.