Longsheng () is a town in

Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County Longsheng Various Nationalities (Gezu) Autonomous County ( zh, s=龙胜各族自治县, t=龍勝各族自治縣, p=Lóngshèng Gèzú Zìzhìxiàn; za, Lungzhingz Gakcuz Swciyen; usually referred to as "Longsheng County" ) is a county in the nort ...

, Guangxi, China. As of 2018 it had a population of 37,000 and an area of .

History

In 1742, Longsheng was formed as a city after the suppression of a rebellion led by Wu Jinyin (). In 1945, it was known as "Rixin Street" (). After the establishment of the Communist State, its name was replaced by Rixin Town () in 1958 and Chengguan Town () in 1963. In February 1964, it was renamed "Longsheng Town Commune" (). In November 1979, its name was changed to "Longsheng Town".

Geography

Longsheng is located in central

. It is surrounded by Lejiang Town on the north, Sishui Township on the northeast, Piaoli Town on the west, Sanmen on the southwest, Longji Town on the southeast, and

Lingui District Lingui District () is the county seat and district administered by Guilin, Guangxi, China, and located midway between Guilin and Yangshuo. The district is mostly rural and hilly, marked by the same dramatic karst topography for which Guilin is f ...

on the south. The

Xun River The Xun River ( Chinese: 浔江, pinyin: Xún Jiāng, jyutping: ''Cham4 Gong1'') is a short section of the main branch of the Pearl River system upstream from the Xi Jiang in China. Although less than 200km long, it is of considerable importance ...

flows through the town west to northeast. The Heping River () and Pingye River () run through the town. The town enjoys a subtropical monsoon climate, with an average annual temperature of . The highest temperature is , and the lowest temperature is .

Administrative divisions

As of 2020, the town is divided into 5 residential communities and 14

villages A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

Residential communities

Longsheng administers the following 5 residential communities: * Chengnan Community () * Chengbei Community () * Guilong Community () * Chengxi Community () *Bei'an Community ()

Villages

Longsheng administers the following 14 villages: * Chengguan () * Shuanghe () * Lehuang () * Duping () * Pingye () * Chonglou () * Lingtian () * Shangmeng () * Jinche () * Jinjie () * Shuangdong () * Rixin () * Shandong () * Nanmen ()

Demographics

The village of Jinjie () and Shuangdong () are home to a concentration of ethnic

Zhuang people The Zhuang (; ; za, Bouxcuengh, italic=yes; ) are a Tai-speaking ethnic group who mostly live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Southern China. Some also live in the Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou, and Hunan provinces. They form one of ...

Transportation

The

China National Highway 321 China National Highway 321 (G321) runs northwest from Guangzhou, Guangdong towards Guangxi Province, Guizhou Province, and ends in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. It is 2,220 kilometres in length. Route and distance See also * China National H ...

, commonly referred to as "G321", is a west-southeast highway passing through commercial and residential area west of the town limits. The

G65 Baotou–Maoming Expressway The Baotou–Maoming Expressway (), designated as G65 and commonly referred to as the Baomao Expressway () is an expressway that connects the cities of Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China, and Maoming, Guangdong. When fully complete, it will be in leng ...

, more commonly known as "Bao-Mao Expressway", runs west to southeast of the town.

References

Bibliography

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