Duyun

▪ China

Wade-Giles romanization  Tu-yün 

      city, central Guizhou (Kweichow) sheng (province), southern China. It is situated on the Jian River, some 60 miles (100 km) southeast of the provincial capital of Guiyang.

      Duyun is a transport centre, with a highway route running eastward into Hunan province and a main route, followed by a highway and a railway, running south to Liuzhou in Guangxi province. It is approximately 25 miles (40 km) south by rail from the junction of a line running eastward from Guizhou to Hunan. The north-south railway, begun during World War II and completed as far as Dushan (south of Duyun) by 1944, was destroyed in the last stages of the war but was rebuilt in the mid-1950s.

      Prior to 1949 Duyun was a small town, but it subsequently became the economic centre of a large district that has been considerably developed. The city has spread out along the Jian River to many times its previous size and has become an important industrial city in the province. Its chief products include chemicals, electronic equipment, auto parts, building materials, processed foods, and rail-transport machinery. Pop. (2002 est.) 165,447.

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