Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County

Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County (zhuang: Lozcwngz Bouxmohlaujcuz Swci Yen,simplified Chinese: 罗城仫佬族自治县; traditional Chinese: 羅城仫佬族自治縣; pinyin: Luóchéng Mùlǎozú Zìzhìxiàn) is a county of northern Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Hechi City.

Luocheng County

罗城县 · Lozcwngz Swciyen
County
罗城仫佬族自治县
Lozcwngz Mulaujcuz Swciyen
Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County
Luocheng
Location of the seat in Guangxi
Coordinates: 24°47′N 108°54′E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
RegionGuangxi
Prefecture-level cityHechi
Township-level divisions7 towns
4 townships
County seatDongmen (东门镇)
Area
 • Total2,658 km2 (1,026 sq mi)
Elevation
339 m (1,112 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total360,000
 • Density140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Administrative divisions

There are 7 towns and 4 townships in the county:[1]

  • Towns (Chinese: 镇; pinyin: zhèn):
    • Dongmen (东门镇)
    • Long'an (龙岸镇)
    • Huangjin (黄金镇)
    • Xiaochang'an (小长安镇)
    • Siba (四把镇)
    • Tianhe (天河镇)
    • Huaiqun (怀群镇)
  • Townships (乡; xiāng):
    • Baotan Township (宝坛乡)
    • Qiaoshan Township (乔善乡)
    • Naweng Township (纳翁乡)
    • Jian'ai Township (兼爱乡)

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.
  1. 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：罗城仫佬族自治县 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2013-01-02.



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