Tianlin County (; ) is a county in the west of

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to the north and

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to the south. It is under the administration of the

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Geography

Tianlin County borders

Lingyun County Lingyun County () is a county in the northwest of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Baise Baise ( zh, c=百色, p=Bǎisè, Bósè; local pronunciation: ), or Bose, is the westernmost prefecture-level city of Guangxi, China borde ...

and

Leye County Leye County () is a county in the northwest of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. It is under the administration of Baise city. Administrative divisions Leye County is divided into 4 towns and 4 townships: ;towns *Tongle 同乐镇 *Gantian ...

to the east,

Funing County, Yunnan Funing County (; Zhuang language: ) is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in the southeast of Yunnan province, China. It is the easternmost county-level division of Yunnan, bordering Guangxi to the north, south and east, and ...

to the south, Xilin County and Longlin County to the west and Ceheng County,

to the north.

Administrative divisions

Tianlin County is divided into 5 towns, 5 townships and 4 ethnic townships: ;towns *Leli Town 乐里镇 *Jiuzhou Town 旧州镇 *Ding'an Town 定安镇 *Liulong Town 六隆镇 *Langping Town 浪平镇 ;townships *Pingtang Township 平塘乡 *Nabi Township 那比乡 *Gaolong Township 高龙乡 *Baile Township 百乐乡 *Zhemiao Township 者苗乡 ;ethnic townships *Lucheng Yao Ethnic Township 潞城瑶族乡 *Lizhou Yao Ethnic Township 利周瑶族乡 *Bagui Yao Ethnic Township 八桂瑶族乡 *Badu Yao Ethnic Township 八渡瑶族乡

Demographics

Ethnic Yao are distributed mostly in the townships of Lizhou 利周, Lucheng 潞城, Bagui 八桂, Nongwa 弄瓦, Fuda 福达, and Badu 八渡, while ethnic Yi are found in Changjing Village 常井村 of Ding'an Township 定安镇. The Miao of Tianlin County call themselves "Mengxia 孟夏", while the Zhuang call themselves Puyue 甫越 (''bu33 jui33''), the Han call themselves Kebianren 客边人 ('guest people'), and the Yi call themselves Buna 布那.

Yao

The Yao of Tianlin County consist of the following four subgroups. *Landian Yao 蓝靛瑶 (autonym: Qinmen 琴门, meaning '

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' 山人) *Pangu Yao 盘古瑶 (autonym: Yumian 育棉) *Beilou Yao 背篓瑶 (autonym: Bunu 布努) *Mubing Yao 木柄瑶 (autonym: Nuomo 诺莫)

Notable people

Li Jinfang Li Jinfang (; born October 1963 in Tianlin County, GuangxiLi Jinfang ��锦芳 2006. Studies on endangered languages in the Southwest China ��南地区濒危语言调查研究 Beijing: Minzu University.) is a Chinese linguist at Minzu Universi ...

(ethnic Zhuang): linguist at the

Minzu University of China The Minzu University of China (MUC) is a national public university in Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the National Ethnic Affairs Commission of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construc ...

Climate

References

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