Rongxian (; also called Rong Xian or Rong County) is a
county
A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...
in the southeast of
Guangxi
Guangxi,; officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Hà Giang Province, Hà Giang, Cao Bằn ...
, China, bordering
Guangdong
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
province to the southeast. It occupies the northeast corner of the
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province of China, province and above a Counties of the People's Republic of China, county in China's ...
of
Yulin. Its population is approximately 700,000.
Duqiao Mountain (), located in Rongxian, is a famous
Taoist
Taoism or Daoism (, ) is a diverse philosophical and religious tradition indigenous to China, emphasizing harmony with the Tao ( zh, p=dào, w=tao4). With a range of meaning in Chinese philosophy, translations of Tao include 'way', 'road', ...
sanctuary.
Other tourist sites include the
Zhenwu Pavilion ().
Administrative divisions
Rong County is divided into 15 towns:
*Rongzhou 容州镇
*
Yangmei 杨梅镇
*Lingshan 灵山镇
*Liuwang 六王镇
*Licun 黎村镇
*Yangcun 杨村镇
*Xiandi 县底镇
*Ziliang 自良镇
*
Songshan 松山镇
*Luojiang 罗江镇
*Shitou 石头镇
*Shizhai 石寨镇
*Shili 十里镇
*Rongxi 容西镇
*Langshui 浪水镇
Transport
*
Luoyang–Zhanjiang Railway
Climate
Notable person
*
Ramadan ibn Alauddin, a Muslim from Korea who governed Rong County in the 1340s
References
External links
Rongxian Government website
Counties of Guangxi
Yulin, Guangxi
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