[Objective] The temporal and spatial characteristics of the coupling and coordination between urbanization and intensive use of urban land in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR) were studied to promote the sustainable development of urbanization.[Methods] The entropy method was used to evaluate the coupling and coordinated development relationship between urbanization and urban land intensive use in 14 prefecture-level cities in GZAR from 2009 to 2018. The temporal and spatial differentiation patterns were analyzed based on the coupling model.[Results] ① From 2009 to 2018

the coordinated development of urbanization and urban land intensive use in GZAR prefecture-level cities experienced the evolution process of the running-in phase

antagonism phase

and high-level coupling phase

and the overall coupling and coordination continued to be optimized. ② The degree of coordination was mostly in the state of synchronization and lag

and the development between regions was not balanced. ③ The types of coupling coordination were mostly in categories Ⅳ

V

Ⅶ

and Ⅷ

and the overall level of coupling and coordination was good.[Conclusions] ① From the time scale

the level of coupling and coordination of various cities in GZAR showed a steady upward trend

gradually turning from the antagonism stage to the running-in stage

and the relative development relationship tended to lag behind. ② From the spatial scale

the coupled and coordinated development relationship between the two showed the characteristics of flaky zoning and agglomeration

with obvious geographical differentiation. The level of coupling and coordination in the east of GZAR was higher than that in the west

and the central GZAR region was seen to have developed steadily. Local-level cities should strengthen collaboration

coordinate with high-level cities to drive low-level coupled development cities

and promote the sustainable development of urbanization.