Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is located in Southern Guangxi in the sub-tropical region between 107°19′ - 109°38′ East Longitude and 22°12′ - 24°2′ North Latitude.
Chinese Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) was chosen to be the city flower of Nanning at the 7th session of the 8th NPC of the municipal congress in Dec. 1986.