Ningming County (, za, Ningzmingz Yen) is a county in southwestern

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, China. It is famous for being home to the Hua mountain rock paintings

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. A diverse range of languages and dialects are spoken alongside

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, including local Yue Chinese called Pak Va (白话), Zuojiang Zhuang (). It is under the administration of the

prefecture-level city 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' ...

Chongzuo Chongzuo (; za, Cungzcoj) is a prefecture-level city in the south of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region near the Sino-Vietnamese border. It is home to one of China's largest Zhuang populations. Geography and climate Chongzuo is located in sout ...

and borders Vietnam's provinces of

Lạng Sơn Lạng Sơn () is a city in far northern Vietnam, which is the capital of Lạng Sơn Province. It is accessible by road and rail from Hanoi, the Vietnamese capital, and it is the northernmost point on National Route 1. History Due to its ge ...

and Quảng Ninh.

Administrative divisions

There are 4 towns and 9 townships in the county: Towns: * Chengzhong (城中镇) Literally 'city county' known as Ningming (宁明) by locals, Aidian (爱店镇), Mingjiang (明江镇), Haiyuan (海渊镇) Townships: * Tingliang Township (亭亮乡), Zhai'an Township (寨安乡), Zhilang Township (峙浪乡),

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(东安乡), Bangun Township (板棍乡),

Beijiang Township Bei River (北江; literally "The North River"; pinyin: ''Běi Jiāng''; wade-giles: ''Pei3 Chiang1''; jyutping: ''Bak1 Gong1'', literally "North River") is the northern tributary of the Pearl River in southern China. The other two main tribu ...

(北江乡), Tongmian Township (桐棉乡), Nakan Township (那堪乡),

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