Yangshuo County (simplified Chinese: 阳朔县; traditional Chinese: 陽朔縣; pinyin: Yángshuò Xiàn) is a county under the jurisdiction of Guilin City, in the northeast of Guangxi, China. Its seat is located in Yangshuo Town. Surrounded by karst peaks and bordered on one side by the Li River, it is served by bus and by boat from nearby Guilin.
Yangshuo County
阳朔县
Yangso
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Aerial view of Yangshuo from across the Li River
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  Yangshuo Location of the seat in Guangxi | |
| Coordinates: 24°47′N 110°30′E / 24.783°N 110.500°E / 24.783; 110.500 | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Guangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Guilin |
| County seat | Yangshuo Town |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,428 km2 (551 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3,000,000 |
| • Density | 2,100/km2 (5,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code |
541900
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| Area code | 0773 |
| Website | www |
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.[citation needed] 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.[1]
The Yangshuo region has numerous locations for climbing, and they are accessible by bicycle, public bus, or taxi van. The most famous of these cragsisMoon Hill, 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.
Yangshuo County is divided into 6 towns and 3 townships:[2]
| Climate data for Yangshuo (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 13.1 (55.6) |
15.6 (60.1) |
18.7 (65.7) |
24.6 (76.3) |
28.8 (83.8) |
31.2 (88.2) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.5 (92.3) |
31.5 (88.7) |
27.4 (81.3) |
22.0 (71.6) |
16.2 (61.2) |
24.7 (76.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.1 (48.4) |
11.5 (52.7) |
14.6 (58.3) |
20.1 (68.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
26.6 (79.9) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.0 (82.4) |
26.0 (78.8) |
21.8 (71.2) |
16.5 (61.7) |
11.1 (52.0) |
19.8 (67.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) |
8.8 (47.8) |
12.0 (53.6) |
17.0 (62.6) |
20.9 (69.6) |
23.7 (74.7) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.5 (76.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
17.9 (64.2) |
12.9 (55.2) |
7.9 (46.2) |
16.6 (61.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 75.0 (2.95) |
71.7 (2.82) |
131.2 (5.17) |
192.2 (7.57) |
264.7 (10.42) |
302.8 (11.92) |
181.9 (7.16) |
151.4 (5.96) |
63.0 (2.48) |
58.6 (2.31) |
65.8 (2.59) |
53.9 (2.12) |
1,612.2 (63.47) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.1 | 13.1 | 18.1 | 16.8 | 17.7 | 18.8 | 15.9 | 14.1 | 8.5 | 6.7 | 8.4 | 9.2 | 160.4 |
| Average snowy days | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 77 | 78 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 85 | 81 | 80 | 76 | 72 | 73 | 72 | 79 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 59.2 | 52.4 | 48.2 | 77.1 | 113.4 | 123.7 | 187.5 | 189.7 | 167.2 | 154.2 | 122.1 | 103.6 | 1,398.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 18 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 27 | 30 | 45 | 48 | 46 | 43 | 37 | 32 | 31 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
Yangshuo has city partnerships with the following cities and/or regions:
