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Luoding, alternately
romanized Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and ...
as Loting, is a
county-level city A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level ...
in the northwestern part of
Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020 ...
province (粤北),
South China South China () is a geographical and cultural region that covers the southernmost part of China. Its precise meaning varies with context. A notable feature of South China in comparison to the rest of China is that most of its citizens are not n ...
. It is administered as part of the
prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of Chi ...
of
Yunfu Yunfu (), formerly romanized as Wanfow, and historically known as Dong'an (), which was formerly romanized as Tong On, from 1578 to 1913, is a prefecture-level city in western Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. It borders Zhaoqin ...
.


History

As early as 10,000 years ago, there were ancient people inhabited within Luoding City. Famous monument is the rock carving called Long Anyan Grottoes ().


Geography

Luoding borders
Guangxi Guangxi (; ; alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam ...
to the northwest.


Notable people

* Cai Tingkai( 蔡廷鍇 ), born in 1892, died in 1968, was a Chinese general. * Cheung ka nien ( 張嘉年): Hong Kong actor, mr cheung is the main cast of the film: suk suk * Tang chun kit ( 鄧俊傑): Hong Kong male historian, his research interest is the philosophy of scholar Zhan ruo shui( 湛若水).


Climate


See also

*
2009 Luoding flood The 2009 Luoding flood () was a major flood that occurred in Luoding, Guangdong in the People's Republic of China on the week of September 17, 2009.TimesofIndia.com.TimesofIndia.com" ''Seven die as Typhoon Koppu hits China.'' Retrieved on 2009-10- ...


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County-level cities in Guangdong Yunfu {{Guangdong-geo-stub