Yulin, Guangxi

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Yulin 玉林市 (Chinese) Yoglinz Si (Zhuang) Watlam
Prefecture-level city
Yulin in 2006
Location of Yulin City jurisdiction in Guangxi
Coordinates (Yulin municipal government): 22°39′14″N 110°10′52″E / 22.654°N 110.181°E / 22.654; 110.181
Country	People's Republic of China
Autonomous region	Guangxi
Municipal seat	Yuzhou District
Area
• Prefecture-level city	12,828 km2 (4,953 sq mi)
• Urban	1,237 km2 (478 sq mi)
• Metro	3,689.4 km2 (1,424.5 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Prefecture-level city	5,796,766
• Density	450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
• Urban	1,226,830
• Urban density	990/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
• Metro	2,438,467
• Metro density	660/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
GDP[2]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 207.1 billion US$ 32.1 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 35,639 US$ 5,524
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	537000
Area code	0775
ISO 3166 code	CN-GX-09
Website	yulin.gov.cn

Yulin (Chinese: 玉林; pinyin: Yùlín; lit. 'Jade Forest', 鬱林), alternately romanized as Watlam, is one of the fourteen prefecture-level cities of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. Its Chinese name was changed in 1956 from the historical name "鬱林" (pinyin: Yùlín; lit. 'Dense Forest'), which is homophonous in Standard Mandarin, but different in the local dialect of Yue Chinese; "鬱" is [uat˥] while "玉" is [ȵok˨]. The former romanization follows the pronunciation of the historical name in Yue Chinese. Its built-up area is made of two urban districts, and Beiliu City was home to 2,438,467 inhabitants as of 2020 census.