Liujiang District (;
Standard Zhuang
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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 ...
,
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, located on the southwest bank of the
Liu River
The Liu River (, pinyin: Liǔ Jiāng, literally: ''Willow River'') is a tributary within the Pearl River system in Guangxi, China. It is formed by the confluence of the Rong and Long rivers in Fengshan. It flows south through Liuzhou and then ...
. It covers a land area of and had a population of 562,351 . The southernmost
county-level division
The administrative divisions of China have consisted of several levels since ancient times, due to China's large population and geographical area. The constitution of China provides for three levels of government. However in practice, there ...
of Liuzhou City, it lies south of Liuzhou's city proper, bordering the
prefecture-level cities of
Laibin
Laibin (, Zhuang: Laizbinh) is a prefecture-level city in the central part of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
History
Laibin is an ancient town with more than 2000 years of history. The area was settled in prehistoric times, more t ...
to the south and
Hechi
Hechi () is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, bordering Guizhou to the north. In June 2002 it gained city status.
Geography and climate
Hechi is located in northwestern ...
to the northwest.
Administrative divisions
Liucheng consists of 11 towns and 1 township:
Towns:
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Labao (拉堡镇),
Liyong (里雍镇),
Baipeng (百朋镇),
Chengyuan (成团镇),
Luoman (洛满镇),
Liushan (流山镇),
Sandu (三都镇),
Ligao (里高镇),
Jiangde (进德镇),
Chuanshan (穿山镇),
Shibo (土博镇)
The only township in the
Baisha Township (白沙乡)
Transportation
Rail
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Guizhou–Guangxi Railway
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Liuzhou-Wuzhou Railway
Liujiang hominid
These findings might give some support to the claim that modern humans from Africa arrived at southern China about 100,000 years BP (
Zhiren Cave, Chongzuo City: 100,000 years BP; and the
Liujiang hominid
The Liujiang men () are among the earliest modern humans (''Homo sapiens'') found in East Asia.
Their remains were discovered in the Tongtianyan Cave (通天岩) in Liujiang, Guangxi, China.
The remains were excavated in 1958. The remains con ...
: controversially dated at 139,000–111,000 years BP
).
Climate
References
External links
County-level divisions of Guangxi
Liuzhou
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