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Liujiang District

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Autonomous region
  
Guangxi

Subdivisions
  
11 towns 1 township

Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Area
  
2,539 km²

Prefecture-level city
  
Liuzhou

Seat
  
Labao (拉堡镇)

Elevation
  
110 m

Population
  
562,351 (2010)

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Country
  
People's Republic of China

Liujiang District (simplified Chinese: 柳江区; traditional Chinese: 柳江區; pinyin: Liǔjiāng Qū; Standard Zhuang: Liujgyangh Gih) is under the administration of Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, located on the southwest bank of the Liu River. It covers a land area of 2,539.16 square kilometres (980.38 sq mi) and had a population of 562,351 as of 2010. The southernmost county-level division of Liuzhou City, it lies south of Liuzhou's city proper, bordering the prefecture-level cities of Laibin to the south and Hechi to the northwest.

Contents

Map of Liujiang, Liuzhou, Guangxi, China

Administrative divisions

Liucheng consists of 11 towns and 1 township:

Towns:

  • 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)

    Rail

  • Guizhou–Guangxi 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, Zhirendong, Chongzuo City: 100,000 years BP; and the Liujiang hominid: controversially dated at 139,000–111,000 years BP ).

    References

    Liujiang District Wikipedia