Hechi
Sign in to saveHechi () is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, bordering Guizhou to the north. In June 2002 it gained city status. Its capital is Yizhou ().
Key facts
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- Hechi
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- Prefecture-level city
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- Clockwise from top: View of Jinchengjiang from Qian An Hotel, Bai Ma Jie street in the Jinchengjiang city center, view of the city from Yizhou Bridge, Liu Sanjie square in Yizhou, Jinchengjiang station
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- Guangxi subdivisions - Hechi.svg
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- Location of Hechi City jurisdiction in Guangxi
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- China
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- Location in China
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- Country
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- People's Republic of China
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- Region
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- Guangxi
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- County-level divisions
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- 2 district4 counties5 autonomous counties
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- Municipal seat
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- Yizhou District
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 33500
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2010
- Settlement.population_total
- 3,991,900
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Hechi () is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, bordering Guizhou to the north. In June 2002 it gained city status. Its capital is Yizhou ().
==Geography and climate== thumb|Hechi (labelled as HO-CH'IH 河池 on a 1954 US Army Service map) Hechi is located in northwestern Guangxi on the southern end of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau. The total area is , with elevations increasing from southeast to northwest. It is very mountainous with ranges including in the north the Jiuwanda Mountains, in the northwest the Phoenix Mountains, in the east the Fengling Mountains, in the west, the Duyang Mountains, and in the southwest the Green Dragon Mountains. The tallest mountain is "Nameless Peak" with an elevation of . Bordering prefecture-level divisions are Liuzhou to the east, Laibin to the southeast, Nanning to the south, and Baise to the southwest in Guangxi and Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou to the north.