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Guìyáng ( Chinese : 贵阳 ) is the capital of Guizhou province of Southwest China . It is located in the centre of the province, situated on the east of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau , and on the north bank of the Nanming River, a branch of the Wu River . The city has an elevation of about 1,100 meters. It has an area of 8,034 square kilometres (3,102 sq mi) . Its population was 4,324,561 at the 2010 census whom 3,037,159 lived in the built-up ( or metro ) area made of 7 urban districts.
The city was first constructed as early as 1283 AD during the Yuan dynasty . It was originally called Shunyuan (順元), meaning obeying the Yuan (the Mongol rulers).
Guiyang has grown rapidly since the 1990s. The city's heart is around the 大十字 (literally "Big Cross") which is a cross, resembling the Chinese character for ten, and 喷水池 (literally "Fountain Pool"), a traffic intersection , in the center of which used to be a large fountain until early 2010, it was paved over for better traffic.