Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County Explained
| Luocheng County |
| Native Name: | · Zhuang; Chuang: Lozcwngz Swciyen |
| Official Name: |
Zhuang; Chuang: Lozcwngz Mulaujcuz Swciyen
Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Pushpin Map: | China Guangxi |
| Pushpin Label: | Luocheng |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Guangxi |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Guangxi |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hechi |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township-level divisions |
| Subdivision Name3: | 7 towns
4 townships |
| Seat Type: | County seat |
| Seat: | Dongmen (Chinese: 东门镇) |
| Area Total Km2: | 2658 |
| Population Total: | 272672 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 24.7833°N 162°W |
| Elevation M: | 339 |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County (Zhuang:,) is an ethnic Mulao county of northern Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Hechi City. It is the only Mulao autonomous county in China.
Administrative divisions
There are 7 towns and 4 townships in the county:[1]
- Towns:
- Dongmen (Chinese: 东门镇)
- Long'an (Chinese: 龙岸镇)
- Huangjin (Chinese: 黄金镇)
- Xiaochang'an (Chinese: 小长安镇)
- Siba (Chinese: 四把镇)
- Tianhe (Chinese: 天河镇)
- Huaiqun (Chinese: 怀群镇)
- Townships:
Languages
The Mulao language (or Mulam) is spoken by the Mulao people of Luocheng County.
At least seven varieties of Chinese are spoken in Luocheng County (Edmondson 1992:137).
- Putonghua is the national language of China.
- Gui-Liu Hua is a local Pinghua variety spoken in Guilin and Liuzhou. It was spoken by government officials formerly sent to administer the region, and also used to be spoken in the provincial court.
- Tuguai Hua is the local Southwestern Mandarin vernacular spoken in Luocheng, Rongshui, and other nearby counties.
- Magai is a Cantonese variety introduced by migrating merchants from Guangdong.
- Ngai is a form of Southern Chinese with seven tones. It is spoken by 20,000 Han peasant agriculturalists.
- Yangsan is an archaic form of Chinese now spoken by only 300 people. It retains voiced stops and ten tones.
- Southern Min was introduced by recent migrants from Fujian.
References
- Edmondson, Jerold A. 1992. "Fusion and diffusion in E, Guangxi Province, China". T. Dutton et al. (eds.) The language game: papers in memory of Donald C. Laycock (Pacific Linguistic Series, C-110). Department of Linguistics, Australian National University, Canberra, 135–144.
Notes and References
- Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/45/12/451225.html
. https://archive.today/20130219210824/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/45/12/451225.html . dead . February 19, 2013 . zh:2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：罗城仫佬族自治县 . National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China . zh . 2013-01-02.
