Liujiang District (;
Standard Zhuang: ) is under the administration of
Liuzhou
Liuzhou (; , IPA Pronunciation:) is a prefecture-level city in north-central Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. The prefecture's population was 3,758,700 in 2010, including 1,436,599 in the built-up area made of 4 urban ...
,
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
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 ...
, China, located on the southwest bank of the
Liu River
The Liu River (, pinyin: Liǔ Jiāng, literally: ''Willow River'') is a tributary within the Pearl River system in Guangxi, China. It is formed by the confluence of the Rong and Long rivers in Fengshan. It flows south through Liuzhou and t ...
. It covers a land area of and had a population of 562,351 . The southernmost
county-level division
The administrative divisions of China have consisted of several levels since ancient times, due to China's large population and geographical area. The constitution of China provides for three levels of government. However in practice, ther ...
of Liuzhou City, it lies south of Liuzhou's city proper, bordering the
prefecture-level cities
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 China' ...
of
Laibin
Laibin (, Zhuang: Laizbinh) is a prefecture-level city in the central part of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
History
Laibin is an ancient town with more than 2000 years of history. The area was settled in prehistoric times, more th ...
to the south and
Hechi
Hechi () is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, bordering Guizhou to the north. In June 2002 it gained city status.
Geography and climate
Hechi is located in northwester ...
to the northwest.
Administrative divisions
Liucheng consists of 11 towns and 1 township:
Towns:
*
Labao (拉堡镇),
Liyong (里雍镇),
Baipeng (百朋镇),
Chengyuan (成团镇),
Luoman (洛满镇),
Liushan (流山镇),
Sandu (三都镇),
Ligao
Ligao, officially the City of Ligao ( bcl, Siyudad kan Ligao; fil, Lungsod ng Ligao), is a 4th class component city in the province of Albay, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 118,096 people. Most of the city's ...
(里高镇),
Jiangde (进德镇),
Chuanshan (穿山镇),
Shibo (土博镇)
The only township in the
Baisha Township Baisha ( unless otherwise noted) may refer to:
* Baisha, Penghu, a rural township in Penghu County (the Pescadores), Taiwan
People's Republic of China
Subdistricts
* Baisha Subdistrict, Sanming, in Sanyuan District, Sanming, Fujian
* Baisha Su ...
(白沙乡)
Transportation
Rail
*
Guizhou–Guangxi Railway
*
Liuzhou-Wuzhou Railway
Liujiang hominid
These findings might give some support to the claim that modern humans from Africa arrived at southern China about 100,000 years BP (
Zhiren Cave
Zhiren Cave () is a karstic cave in the Mulan Mountains that overlooks the Hejiang River in Chongzuo, Guangxi, China. Zhiren Cave is an early Late Pleistocene site that has yielded the fossil remains of possibly anatomically modern humans with ...
, Chongzuo City: 100,000 years BP; and the
Liujiang hominid
The Liujiang men () are among the earliest modern humans (''Homo sapiens'') found in East Asia.
Their remains were discovered in the Tongtianyan Cave (通天岩) in Liujiang, Guangxi, China.
The remains were excavated in 1958. The remains c ...
: controversially dated at 139,000–111,000 years BP
).
Climate
References
External links
County-level divisions of Guangxi
Liuzhou
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