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Yulin is one of the eleven region-level cities (see: Prefecture-level_city) of Guangxi autonomous region, in China. It is located in the southeastern part of the region. It has a population of approximately 5.9 million according to the latest census and a total area of 12,838 sq. km.

History

Artifacts suggest that the area has been settled before the Qin_Dynasty but a commandery by the name of Yulin was not established until early Han Dynasty. The urban centre of Yulin became a zhou in 996.

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Yulin, Shaanxi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (89 words)
	Yulin (Chinese: 榆林; pinyin: Yúlín) is a prefecture-level city with more than 100,000 inhabitants in the Shaanxi province of the People's Republic of China.
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	In 2004 a protest of peasants subject to disownment was violently suppressed.

Yulin Prefecture Case Study (542 words)
	Yulin Prefecture lies in the northern most part of Shaaxi and is comprised of 12 administrative counties.
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	Over the last 43 years, the population increased markedly in Yulin from 1.2 million to 3.0 million and subsequently led to the expansion of cities and towns.

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