Guilin

Updated April 15, 2024

桂林街道办事处 – 重庆市潼南区人民政府

## Guilin (桂林街道), Tongnan District, Chongqing: a precise guide to the “other Guilin”

If you’re expecting the famous karst landscapes of Guilin (桂林市) in Guangxi, stop and double-check: the coordinates you provided (30.19632, 105.84186) are in Tongnan District (潼南区), Chongqing Municipality—not Guangxi.

What your dataset is pointing to aligns with Guilin Subdistrict (桂林街道 / Guìlín Jiēdào)—a township-level administrative unit under Tongnan District. Chinese Wikipedia lists Guilin Subdistrict at 30.19028°N, 105.84413°E.
Your coordinates are about 0.7 km from that listed point (close enough to treat this as the same “Guilin” for a travel page).

One more data-quality issue to flag: your row says city = Nanchong, but Nanchong is a prefecture-level city in Sichuan province, not Tongnan District in Chongqing.

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## Where “Guilin” is, exactly

### Administrative context (so you don’t publish the wrong Guilin)
– Tongnan District is a district of Chongqing Municipality and borders Sichuan province to the north and west.
– Guilin Subdistrict (桂林街道) is listed in Tongnan’s administrative divisions; Wikipedia’s 2010 table gives it 30,674 people and 80.387 km² (2010 figures).
– Chinese Wikipedia describes Guilin Subdistrict as a township-level administrative unit under Tongnan and lists 16 village-level divisions: 2 communities + 14 administrative villages.

### Tongnan at-a-glance (current-year caveat)
A Tongnan District government overview (dated 2025-06-16) states Tongnan administers 3 subdistricts and 20 towns and has a population of 1.03 million.
This does not match older counts you’ll see elsewhere (see “Outdated data flags” below); the safe move is to always publish the year with the number.

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## What Guilin Subdistrict is like in real terms

“街道 (subdistrict)” is an administrative unit—think: a local urban(-ish) jurisdiction with neighborhoods, village committees, and a subdistrict office. The most concrete, traveler-useful facts you can publish here come from the Guilin Subdistrict Office’s official “agency overview” page, which includes:

– Office hours: Mon–Fri 09:00–12:30 and 14:00–18:00 (excluding statutory holidays).
– Office address: No. 258, Ganquan West Road (甘泉西路258号), Guilin Subdistrict, Tongnan District, Chongqing (linked to Amap on the page).
– Phone: 023-81659086 (the same number is also listed for complaints/reports).

### A practical detail most guides skip: how addresses “look” locally
If you’re navigating local signage, deliveries, or ride-hailing pins, you’ll see place names at the “community / village committee” level. The Guilin Subdistrict office page lists resident committees such as 铁钉社区、雷伍社区、双坝社区、花厅社区、胡家社区、桂花社区 (and others), and village committees including 小舟村、梨树村、倒树村、八角村、半坡村.
That matters because drivers and locals often recognize these smaller names faster than an English “Guilin” label.

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## What to do nearby (Tongnan highlights you can cite cleanly)

Because your “Guilin” record doesn’t specify an attraction name, the safest publish-ready approach is: use Guilin Subdistrict as a base for Tongnan’s better-documented sights.

### Tongnan Dafo Temple (潼南大佛寺): the signature cultural site
Chinese Wikipedia states:
– Dafo Temple is ~1.5 km northwest of Tongnan’s county seat, at the foot of Dingming Mountain (定明山).
– It is also known as Nanchan Temple (南禪寺) and Dingmingyuan (定明院).
– It preserves four wooden structures: Dafoge (大佛阁), Guanyin Hall, Yuhuang Hall, and Jianting.
– It was listed on 2000-09-07 as part of the first batch of Chongqing Municipal Cultural Relic Protection Units (as a protected site).

Separately, Tongnan District’s official overview describes Dafo Temple Scenic Area as having the “world’s first indoor golden Buddha” (as stated by the district government).

### Shuangjiang Ancient Town (双江古镇)
The Tongnan government overview lists Shuangjiang Ancient Town Scenic Area among its national AAAA-level tourist attractions.
Wikivoyage also identifies the old town of Shuangjiang as one of Tongnan’s main attractions (community-written; use as directional, not as an authority for precise claims).

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## Getting to the right “Guilin” (and not the Guangxi one)

There are two common failure modes in travel publishing here:

1) Publishing Guangxi Guilin content on a Chongqing/Tongnan coordinate
2) Mixing Tongnan (Chongqing) with Nanchong (Sichuan)

What you can state with sources:
– Tongnan is a district of Chongqing.
– Nanchong is a prefecture-level city in Sichuan.
– Guilin Subdistrict is under Tongnan District and has its own listed coordinates and village-level divisions.

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## Two internal links to add (contextual, non-guessy)

– Internal link slot: Chongqing Municipality travel guide (your site’s Chongqing hub page)
– Internal link slot: China trip planning logistics (payments, SIMs, transport basics)

(These are editorial slots—add your actual URLs/slugs.)

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## Outdated data flags (publish these transparently)

– Tongnan’s English Wikipedia summary uses 2010 population figures (e.g., Tongnan 640,000; Guilin Subdistrict 30,674) and area 1,585 km². Treat those as historical unless you update them.
– Chinese Wikipedia for Tongnan District shows a 2020 resident population of 688,115 and area 1,584.33 km².
– Tongnan District’s government overview (2025) states population 1.03 million. That’s a different year and may reflect different counting or framing; the only safe handling is year + source attribution.

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## Bottom line for your CMS entry

The most defensible, factual way to publish this page is:

– Title it as Guilin Subdistrict (桂林街道), Tongnan District, Chongqing
– Treat it as a location/base area, not a single attraction
– Anchor “nearby things to do” around Tongnan Dafo Temple and Shuangjiang Ancient Town, using sourced statements and clearly labeled years for population data

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