Yizhou

Yizhou

:"Yizhou (益州) is also an ancient name for the Sichuan basin"

Yizhou (宜州) is a county-level city located in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in the southern part of the People's Republic of China. It formerly was known as "Yishan" 宜山.

Yizhou is located in the northwest of Guangxi province in an areas noted for its magificant karst formations. The limestone karst formations dot the city and surrounding country and beautiful rivers cut through the landscape. The city of Yizhou has several hundred thousand inhabitants. The surrounding country side is home to a number of ethnic Zhuang villages. The economy is centered on sugar production. Located near Yizhou is a British-Chinese jointly run sugar processing plant. The country side surrounding Yizhou is similar in appearance to the tourist Mecca Yangshuo, located in the east of Guangxi province. While Yizhou has a convenient tourist infrastructure, there are very few foreign tourists who visit the city.

Perhaps the most famous invidivual in the history of Yizhou is the legendary Song Dynasty singer Liu Sanjie 刘三姐, renowned for her beautiful singing voice. The people of Yizhou believe that Liu was born there and a statue of her is in the city center.

In 2002 a riot struck the city. The Yizhou riots involved violence between the police and local farmers.

There are a Yishan Road and a Yishan light rail station in Shanghai named after the city.

On the 26th of August, 2008 an explosion at a Yiuzhou chemical plant killed 20 people and injured many more. 11,000 were evacuated from their homes. [Xinhua News Agency 27th August 2008]

References

* [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/27/content_9724017.htm Xinhua News Agency 27th August 2008]


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