Panzhou () is a

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in southwestern

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province, China, on the border with

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province to the west. It is under the administration of the

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Liupanshui Liupanshui ( zh, s=六盘水 , t=六盤水 , p=Liùpánshuǐ) is a city in western Guizhou province, People's Republic of China. The name Liupanshui combines the first character from the names of each of the city's three constituent counties: Liu ...

Administrative divisions

Panzhou is divided into 6 subdistricts, 14

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and 7 ethnic townships:

Subdistricts

* Yizi Subdistrict () * Hanlin Subdistrict () * Lianghe Subdistrict () * Hongguo Subdistrict () *

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() * Liuguan Subdistrict ()

Towns

* Minzhu Town () * Dashan Town () * Baotian Town () * Shiqiao Town () * Xiangshui Town () * Baiguo Town () * Xinmin Town () * Panguan Town () * Zhuhai Town () * Yingwu Town () * Jichangping Town () * Shuangfeng Town () * Danxia Town () * Wumeng Town ()

Ethnic townships

* Putian Hui Ethnic Township () * Pingdi Yi Ethnic Township () * Yuni Yi Ethnic Township () * Pugu Yi and Miao Ethnic Township () * Jiuying Bai, Yi and Miao Ethnic Township () * Yangchang Bouyei, Bai and Miao Ethnic Township () * Baoji Miao and Yi Ethnic Township ()

Geography

Panzhou is located in western

province and southwestern

. Panzhou shares a border with Fuyuan County and

Xuanwei Xuanwei () is a county-level city in the northeast of Yunnan, Yunnan Province, China, bordering Guizhou province to the north and east. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Qujing. Geography Xuanwei is located in northea ...

to the west, Pu'an County to the east,

Shuicheng District Shuicheng () is a district in the west of Guizhou province, China, bordering Yunnan province to the west. It is under the administration of Liupanshui city. Administrative divisions Shuicheng District comprises 9 subdistricts, 11 towns and 10 e ...

to the north, and Xingyi to the south. Panzhou has a total area of .

Geology

Panzhou is located in the

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, with mostly on a mountain plateau. The terrain elevation is high in the northwest, low in the southeast, and uplifted in the center and south.

Climate

Panzhou has a

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with monsoon influence. It has an average annual temperature of , total annual rainfall of , a frost-free period of 271 days and an average of 1593 annual sunshine hours. Winters are mild and summers are cool.

Economy

Panzhou is one of the most developed counties in Guizhou; it ranked the 84th in the Top100 of counties and county-level citities of China by comprehensive strength in 2020.

Demographics

Population

As of the 2019 census, there were 1,305,666 people and 446,784 households residing in Panzhou. There are 1,070,700 permanent residents in the city. There are 29 ethnic groups living in Panzhou. Among the 28 ethnic minorities, 6 are local minorities, including 126,000 Yi, 38,000 Bai, 33,000

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, 22,000 Bouyei, 9,500 Hui and 6,500 Sui, accounting for 20.83% of the total population. There are 15,000 people in the other 22 minorities, including Mongolians,

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, Tujia, Dong, Gelao and Zhuang.

Language

Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...

is the official language. The local people speak both

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 ...

and minority languages ( Bouyei,

, Yi and other languages).

Religion

The county government supports all religions. The local people mainly believe in

Chinese folk religion Chinese folk religion comprises a range of traditional religious practices of Han Chinese, including the Chinese diaspora. This includes the veneration of ''Shen (Chinese folk religion), shen'' ('spirits') and Chinese ancestor worship, ances ...

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Taoism Taoism or Daoism (, ) is a diverse philosophical and religious tradition indigenous to China, emphasizing harmony with the Tao ( zh, p=dào, w=tao4). With a range of meaning in Chinese philosophy, translations of Tao include 'way', 'road', ' ...

and

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. There are twenty

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s, one

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, three Islamic

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s, one Catholic

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and seven

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churches in Panzhou.

Culture and tourism

There are two national 4A scenic areas in Panzhou: the Tuole Ancient Ginkgo Scenic Area () and the Dala Fairy Valley Scenic Area (). There are also three provincial tourist resorts and three provincial tourist scenic spots. The Pan County Dadong Ancient Cultural Site is the only national relic protection unit in Panzhou. There are five provincial culture and relics sites, including the Pan'anzhou Confucius Temple (), the City God Temple (), and the former residence of Zhang Daofan (Chang Tao-fan; ). The Wumeng Prairie Scenic Area () is a famous scenic area in all of Guizhou. Major Buddhist Temples in Panzhou include Guanyin Temple () and Huguo Temple (or Protect the Country Temple).

Parks

Panzhou has two major public parks: the East Lake Park and the South Lake Park.

Transportation

The city has one high-speed railway station,

Panzhou Panzhou () is a county-level city in southwestern Guizhou province, China, on the border with Yunnan province to the west. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Liupanshui. Administrative divisions Panzhou is divided int ...

, on the Shanghai–Kunming line. There are several conventional railway stations in the City on three lines: the Panxi railway, Liupanshui–Hongguo railway, and the Weishe–Hongguo railway. These three lines meet at Hongguo railway station in Hongguo Subdistrict.

Notable people

* Long Zhaoxi (), a ''Tusi'' in the Yuan dynasty. * Shao Yuanshan (), Ming dynasty politician. * Jiang Zonglu (), Ming dynasty politician. * Wang Zuoyuan (), Ming dynasty politician. * Meng Benchun (), Ming dynasty military officer. * Zhang Lingxiang (), Muslim uprising leader. * Ma Hetu (), Muslim uprising leader. * Chang Tao-fan, politician in the Republic of China who served as

President of the Legislative Yuan The president of the Legislative Yuan is the presiding officer of the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China. The incumbent president is Han Kuo-yu, a legislator from the Kuomintang. Election The president is elected by and from among al ...

between 1952 and 1961.

References

External links

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