Yulin, Guangxi
Yulin
Watlam | |
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Yulin in 2006 | |
Location of Yulin City jurisdiction in Guangxi | |
| Coordinates (Yulin municipal government): 22°39′14″N 110°10′52″E / 22.654°N 110.181°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Guangxi |
| Municipal seat | Yuzhou District |
| Area | |
| 12,828 km2 (4,953 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 1,237 km2 (478 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 3,689.4 km2 (1,424.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 5,796,766 | |
| • Density | 451.88/km2 (1,170.4/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,226,830 |
| • Urban density | 991.8/km2 (2,569/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,438,467 |
| • Metro density | 660.94/km2 (1,711.8/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 207.1 billion US$ 32.1 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 35,639 US$ 5,524 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 537000 |
| Area code | 0775 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-GX-09 |
| Website | yulin |
Yulin (Chinese: 玉林; pinyin: Yùlín; lit. 'Jade Forest', 鬱林), alternately romanized as Watlam, is one of the fourteen prefecture-level cities of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. Its Chinese name was changed in 1956 from the historical name "鬱林" (pinyin: Yùlín; lit. 'Dense Forest'), which is homophonous in Standard Mandarin, but different in the local dialect of Yue Chinese; "鬱" is [uat˥] while "玉" is [ȵok˨]. The former romanization follows the pronunciation of the historical name in Yue Chinese. Its built-up area is made of two urban districts, and Beiliu City was home to 2,438,467 inhabitants as of 2020 census. By the end of 2024, the city's resident population is 5,804,200, including 3,051,10 million in urban areas.