Wuming, Nanning

Wuming District is one of 7 districts of the prefecture-level city of Nanning, the capital of [Guangxi|Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region], South China. The district was approved to build from the dissolution of the former Wuming County by the Chinese State Council on February 16, 2015. Located north of the city proper, it borders the prefecture-level city of Baise to the west.

Administrative divisions

Wuming District is divided into 13 towns:

Zhuang is the most widely spoken language of the district. The Zhuang dialect spoken in Shuangqiao in Wuming District is used as the basis for the pronunciation of Standard Zhuang.
Several varieties of Chinese are spoken in Wuming, including Wuming Mandarin, Putonghua, Hengtang dialect, Xinmin dialect and Cantonese.

Wuming is home to the Nanning Education Park, a University City home to 18 college and university campuses, which started construction in 2015. Campuses in the park include that of Guangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanning Normal University, Guangxi Medical University, Guangxi Industrial Vocational and Technical College, Guangxi Preschool Education College, Guangxi Vocational and Technical College of Industry and Commerce and Guangxi Safety Engineering Vocational and Technical College. A population of 150,000 students is expected by 2025.