Rongshui

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Autonomous County (;

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: ) is under the administration of

Liuzhou Liuzhou (; , IPA Pronunciation:) is a prefecture-level city in north-central Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. The prefecture's population was 3,758,700 in 2010, including 1,436,599 in the built-up area made of 4 urban ...

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, China. The seat of Rongshui County is

Rongshui Town Rongshui may refer to the following locations in China: *Rongshui Miao Autonomous County (融水苗族自治县), Liuzhou, Guangxi **Rongshui Town (融水镇), town in and seat of Rongshui County *Rong River (Guangxi), Rong River, tributary of the ...

. It borders the

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s of

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(

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) to the north and

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to the west. Rongshui Miao Autonomous County is the only

majority county in Guangxi, with 40 percent of the total population representing the Miao nation.

Demographics

Rongshui County has a total population of 485,120 (2007). More than 70 percent of the population represents various

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, such as the

, Yao, Dong, Zhuang and others. 40,81% of the total population belong to the Miao minority (2007).Distribution of ethnic minorities in Rongshui Miao Autonomous County
official website of Rongshui County government, visited on July 3, 2009.

Geography

Apart from the county town, Rongshui comprises many small villages and large rural areas. The county is mountainous, featuring both

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landscapes and larger mountain massifs such as the Yuan Bao Shan mountains. The river

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(Rongjiang) flows through the county and passes by Rongshui town. The longest river within the county is the Bei River (Beijiang, not to be confused with the Beijiang tributary to the

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Administrative divisions

Rongshui County has 4 towns, 16 townships and 204 villages under its administration. The towns include Rongshui, Hemu, Huaibao, and Sanfang. The townships are Anchui, Antai, Baiyun, Dalang, Danian, Dongtou, Gandong, Gongdong, Gunbei, Hongshui, Liangzhai, Sirong, Tonglian, Wangdong, Xiangfen, and Yongle.

Transport

Highway G209 provides access to Rongshui from Liuzhou in the south and Guyizheng in the north (with highway G321 connecting from Guyizheng to

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, the capital of

province, in the west). Rongshui is serviced by trains connecting with Liuzhou in the south and Huaihua (

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) in the north, branching off to larger cities such as Guiyang (Guizhou),

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(Hunan),

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(Hubei) and

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(Henan).

Culture

Rongshui is known for the frequent festivals of its Miao population. Their celebrations include the drum festival, sowing festival, seedling festival and horse-fighting festivals. The festivities are often accompanied by music played on the

Lusheng The ''lusheng'' (, ; Vietnamese: ''Khèn Mông''; also spelled ''lu sheng''; spelled ''ghengx'' in standard Hmong and ''qeej'' in Laotian RPA Hmong) is a Hmong musical instrument. It has a long history of 3000 years in China, traced back to the T ...

, a reed-pipe wind instrument, and dancing and singing performances.

Climate

References

External links

Official website of Rongshui County governmentRongshui photos on Flickr
{{authority control Miao autonomous counties County-level divisions of Guangxi Liuzhou