1) Province in south china 
Province of south China, consisting mainly of high plateaus and bounded to the north by Sichuan, to the east by Hunan, to the south by Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and to the west by Yunnan; area 174,000 sq km/67,000 sq mi; population (2000 est) 35,250,000 (ethnic minorities comprise about 25% of the population). The capital is...