Yangshuo County () is a

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under the jurisdiction of

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City, in the northeast of

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. Its seat is located in Yangshuo Town. Surrounded by

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peaks and bordered on one side by the Li River, it is served by bus and by boat from nearby Guilin.

History

In the 1980s, the county became popular with foreign visitors engaging in backpacker tourism, and organized tours began by the late 1990s. At the time, domestic tourists represented only a small fraction of the county's visitors, but they outnumbered foreign tourists by 2005. Today, the county is a resort destination for both domestic and foreign travelers. The history of West Street dates back over 1,400 years ago. Since the street is popular with locals and foreigners alike, signs are written in both Chinese and English. Because of the relatively high number of foreign visitors, many locals speak some English, unlike most Chinese towns of its size."West Street" ChinaTour.Net
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Moon Hill Moon Hill () is a hill with a natural arch through it a few kilometers outside Yangshuo in southern People's Republic of China, China's Guangxi autonomous region. Moon Hill is part of the Guilin Mountains. It is so named for a wide, semicircular ...

, which has several lines graded 5.13 in the Yosemite scale. Other crags of note include Low Mountain, Twin Gates, Baby Frog, the Egg, Bamboo Grove, and Wine Bottle Cliff.

Administrative divisions

Yangshuo County is divided into 6 towns and 3 townships: ;Towns *Yangshuo () *Baisha () *Fuli () *Xingping () *Putao () *Gaotian () ;Townships * Jinbao () *

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() * Yangdi ()

Climate

Landmarks

* Li River *

* Yulong River * Silver Cave

Sister cities

Yangshuo has city partnerships with the following cities and/or regions: * Morehead,

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, Slovenia (2009) * Annecy-le-Vieux, Haute Savoie, France (2011)

Gallery

Yangshuo-Li-Fluss-14-Floesse-2012-gje.jpg, Li river Yangshuo-18-Spieglung im Teich-2012-gje.jpg, Waterfront Yangshuo-20-Gasse-2012-gje.jpg, Street in Yangshuo Yangshuo2.jpg, The town of Yangshuo Yangshuo-Markt-04-2012-gje.jpg, Market of Yangshuo Yangshuo-Mushan-12-Dorfteich-2012-gje.jpg, Mushan village Yangshuo-Landpartie-92-Reisfeld-Berge-2012-gje.jpg, Farming between karst peaks Yangshuo-Landpartie-70-Hausbesuch-Gastgeber-2012-gje.jpg, Farmer's home Original-1020068.jpg, View of

Yangshuo-Impression Sanjie Liu-72-2012-gje.jpg, Impression Liu Sanjie

References

External links

Official website of Yangshuo County
{{Authority control Administrative divisions of Guilin Counties of Guangxi