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province, China, bordering
Guangxi
Guangxi,; officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Hà Giang Province, Hà Giang, Cao Bằn ...
to the south. It is under the administration of the
The county is located in the remote southeastern corner of the prefecture, on the border with
Guangxi
Guangxi,; officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Hà Giang Province, Hà Giang, Cao Bằn ...
. Two local sites, Xiaoqikong () and Dongduo (), notable for their spectacular
karst
Karst () is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble carbonate rocks such as limestone and Dolomite (rock), dolomite. It is characterized by features like poljes above and drainage systems with sinkholes and caves underground. Ther ...
formations, form part of the multi-site
South China Karst
The South China Karst (), a UNESCO World Heritage Site since June 2007, spans the provinces of Chongqing, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan. It is noted for its karst features and landscapes as well as rich biodiversity. The site comprises seven clust ...
UNESCO
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World Heritage Site
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inscribed in 2007, which is an area about 550,000 km2 in extent.
Administrative divisions
Libo County is divided into 1
subdistrict A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district.
Equivalents
* Administrative posts of East Timor, formerly Portuguese-language
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towns
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
and 2 ethnic township:
;subdistrict
*Yuping Subdistrict 玉屏街道
;towns
*Chaoyang Town 朝阳镇
*Maolan Town 茂兰镇
*Jialiang Town 甲良镇
*Jiarong Town 佳荣镇
*Xiaoqikong Town 小七孔镇
;ethnic townships
*Yaoshan Yao Ethnic Township 瑶山瑶族乡
*Limingguan Shui Ethnic Township 黎明关水族乡
Languages
Southwestern Mandarin
Southwestern Mandarin (), also known as Upper Yangtze Mandarin (), is a Mandarin Chinese dialect spoken in much of Southwestern China, including in Sichuan, Yunnan, Chongqing, Guizhou, most parts of Hubei, the northwestern part of Hunan, the nor ...
, Mak, Ai-Cham, Bouyei, Sui, and Numao are spoken in Libo County. Sui is spoken primarily in Shuiyao Shui Ethnic Township 水尧水族乡.
Transportation
The
Qiannan Libo Airport
Qiannan Libo Airport is an airport serving Libo County, Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China. It is formerly called Libo Airport () until December 2020. Construction for the airport started in July 2003 and was ...
, opened in late 2007, has capacity to receive planes of the
Boeing 737
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Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the t ...
Civil Aviation Administration of China
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(CAAC) statistics, 151 paying passengers flew into or out of the airport in 2009 - which was a 98% drop compared to the previous year (7886 passengers), and placed the airport the last in list of the nation's 166 airports by traffic volume. Currently four airlines use the airport.
Flora
The karst environments in Libo County consist of the following types of forests.
*Warm
coniferous forest
Conifers () are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single extant class, Pinopsida. All e ...
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Pinus kwangtungensis
''Pinus fenzeliana'' commonly known as the Hainan white pine or Fenzel's pine, is a tree endemic to the island of Hainan off southern China. This pine reaches heights of 20 m with a trunk 1 m in diameter.
Description
The leaves are needle-like, ...
Pinus kwangtungensis
''Pinus fenzeliana'' commonly known as the Hainan white pine or Fenzel's pine, is a tree endemic to the island of Hainan off southern China. This pine reaches heights of 20 m with a trunk 1 m in diameter.
Description
The leaves are needle-like, ...
Cyclobalanopsis glauca
''Quercus glauca'' ( syn. ''Cyclobalanopsis glauca''), commonly called ring-cupped oak or Japanese blue oak, is a tree in the beech family (Fagaceae). It is native to eastern and southern Asia, where it is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, nor ...
Phellodendron amurense
''Phellodendron amurense'' is a species of tree in the family Rutaceae, commonly called the Amur cork tree. It is a major source of ''huáng bò'' ( or wiktionary:黄, 黄wiktionary:檗, 檗), one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Ch ...
Viburnum
''Viburnum'' is a genus of about 150–175 species of flowering plants in the moschatel family, Adoxaceae. Its current classification is based on molecular phylogeny. It was previously included in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae.
The memb ...
Viburnum
''Viburnum'' is a genus of about 150–175 species of flowering plants in the moschatel family, Adoxaceae. Its current classification is based on molecular phylogeny. It was previously included in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae.
The memb ...
Sterculiaceae
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Cyclobalanopsis glauca
''Quercus glauca'' ( syn. ''Cyclobalanopsis glauca''), commonly called ring-cupped oak or Japanese blue oak, is a tree in the beech family (Fagaceae). It is native to eastern and southern Asia, where it is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, nor ...
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Taxus cuspidata
''Taxus cuspidata'', the Japanese yew or spreading yew, is a member of the genus ''Taxus'', native to Japan, Korea, northeast China and the extreme southeast of Russia.
Names
In Japan, the tree is known as ''ichi'i'' (一位), meaning "first ...
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Lindera
Dried fruits of ''Lindera neesiana'' used as spice (coll. MHNT)
''Lindera'' is a genus of about 80–100Koelreuteria paniculata'', Aceraceae mixed forest
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Elaeocarpaceae
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angiosperm
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Diospyros
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Pittosporum
''Pittosporum'' ( or The first pronunciation is that expected for traditional English pronunciation of Latin, Anglo-Latin; the second is common in nurseries. ''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607) is a genus of about 250 species of flow ...
Carpinus
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Common names
The common English name ''hornbeam'' derives from the hard ...
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Ulmus
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Viburnum
''Viburnum'' is a genus of about 150–175 species of flowering plants in the moschatel family, Adoxaceae. Its current classification is based on molecular phylogeny. It was previously included in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae.
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Prunus
''Prunus'' is a genus of flowering plant, flowering trees and shrubs from the family (biology), family Rosaceae. The genus includes plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots and almonds (collectively Drupe, stonefruit). The genus has a cosm ...
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Rosa
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Taxus chinensis
''Taxus chinensis'' is a species of yew. It is commonly called the Chinese yew, though this term also refers to '' Taxus celebica'' or '' Taxus sumatrana''.
The species was first described by Alfred Rehder in 1919 in the Journal of the Arnol ...
Pinus kwangtungensis
''Pinus fenzeliana'' commonly known as the Hainan white pine or Fenzel's pine, is a tree endemic to the island of Hainan off southern China. This pine reaches heights of 20 m with a trunk 1 m in diameter.
Description
The leaves are needle-like, ...
Liriodendron chinense
''Liriodendron chinense'' (commonly known as the Chinese tulip poplar, Chinese tulip tree or Chinese whitewood) is Asia's native species in the genus ''Liriodendron''. This native of central and southern China grows in the provinces of Anhui, Gua ...