Luodian County Explained

Luodian County
Native Name:罗甸县
Native Name Lang:zh-Hans
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Settlement Type:County
Image Map1:Location of Qiannan Prefecture within Guizhou (China).png
Map Caption1:Qiannan in Guizhou
Coor Pinpoint:Luodian County government
Coordinates:25.4258°N 106.752°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Guizhou
Subdivision Type2:Autonomous prefecture
Subdivision Name2:Qiannan
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:Longping
Area Total Km2:3,010
Population As Of:2010
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Total:256,488
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8

Luodian County is a county under the administration of Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in the south of Guizhou province, China, bordering Guangxi to the south.

The climate in the area is humid subtropical, with strong monsoon influences bringing heavy rain during the summer. Winters are dry due to the influence of the Siberian high-pressure system.

The county seat and the largest town in the county is also named Luodian; it was formerly known as Longping.

The county is frequented by both Chinese and foreign geologists, with the core area of work called Big Guizhoutan, or Big Guizhou Shoal. This has been called a "treasure land for Triassic Period research."[1]

Administrative divisions

Luodian County is divided into 1 subdistrict, 8 towns and 1 township:[2]

subdistrict
towns
township

History

In 629, the Tang dynasty put Le'an County (now Luodian) under the jurisdiction of Zhuangzhou.

Luodian was the seat of the Yi-speaking Luodian Kingdom (Chinese: 羅甸國) in the 9th century.

In 1292, Yuan dynasty set up Yuanfu, Le'an County was renamed Luobo County, and was put under its jurisdiction.

During the Ming dynasty, Luodian County was affiliated to the Luoboguan Inspection Department of Xilongzhou, Guangxi Province.

In the Qing dynasty, in 1727, Yongfeng Prefecture was set up, and the Luoju Court (now Luodian) was within the territory.

In 1749, Luojing Prefecture was renamed to the Prefecture of Fanzhou and was transferred to Guiyang Prefecture.

In 1913, Luojing was under the jurisdiction of Yuzhong Circuit (in Guiyang). In 1914, Luojing was set up as a county of Guizhou Province.

On March 23, 1951, Luodian was under PRC control, and the next day the Luodian County People's Government was established.

References

  1. http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/delta/userobject1ai1370309.html "China key to solving riddle of extinction"
  2. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2023/52/27/522728.html. zh:2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:罗甸县. National Bureau of Statistics of China. zh-hans.

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