Lianshan Zhuang and Yao Autonomous County ( postal: Lienshan; ; Cantonese jyutping: lin4 saan1; za, Lenzsanh Bouxcuengh Yauzcuz Swciyen) is located in northern Guangdong province, China, and is under the administration of Qingyuan prefecture-level city. It borders Hunan to the north and

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...

to the west and has a large concentration of Zhuang and Yao peoples, for whom the autonomous country was created and named.

History

The

State Council State Council may refer to: Government * State Council of the Republic of Korea, the national cabinet of South Korea, headed by the President * State Council of the People's Republic of China, the national cabinet and chief administrative auth ...

, established Lianshan Zhuang and Yao Autonomous County on September 26, 1962. It is one of Guangdong's three

autonomous counties Autonomous counties () and autonomous banners () are county-level autonomous administrative divisions of China. The two are essentially identical except in name. There are 117 autonomous counties and three autonomous banners. The latter are fo ...

, with its county seat in the town of Jitian, and the county governs 12 towns 3 agriculture tree farms. The county-wide total area is . The population is 114,000 people, with minorities accounting for above 65%, with the remainder being mostly

Han Han may refer to: Ethnic groups * Han Chinese, or Han People (): the name for the largest ethnic group in China, which also constitutes the world's largest ethnic group. ** Han Taiwanese (): the name for the ethnic group of the Taiwanese p ...

Climate

Languages

Lianshan has three ethnic groups: Zhuang, Han, Yao. The Zhuang people accounted for 47.73%, Han people accounted for 36.12%, Yao people accounted for 15.89%. The Zhuang language of Lianshan is located in the southern part of the county, like Yongfeng, Futang, Xiaosanjiang, Jiatian, Shangshuai, It's the dialect of Northern Tai language. The local dialect can be communicated with the other Zhuang language as Yishan, Liujiang, Nanxiang, Xiashuai.人口语言
, The official website of Lianshan government The local Chinese language is called Lianshanese, it's the dialect of Yue language, locate in the northern part of the county, like Jitian, Yonghe, Taibao, Hedong, and it's the lingua franca of all county. And the locals also could speak the Cantonese (standard Yue language) with some accent. The local Yao language has two dialect: one is Mien language, the mother tongue of ''Guoshan Yao''(), they are living in Sanshui; another is Jianmien language, the speaker is called ''Bapai Yao''(), they are living in Daxuxinzhai. Between the two languages, the grammar is same, but have some difference on the vocabulary and pronunciation.

Sub-divide

.Lianshan is divided into 7 towns and 2 forest farm:
National bureau of the People's Republic of China. *Towns: Yonghe (), Jitian (), Taibao (), Hedong (), Futang (), Xiaosanjiang (), Shangshuai () *Forest farm: Lianshan (), Hedong ()

References

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