| Rongshui Miao Autonomous County |
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| — Autonomous county — | |
| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| • Characters | 融水苗族自治县 |
| • Pinyin | Róngshuǐ Miáozú Zìzhìxiàn |
| Rongshui residential street | |
| Country | China |
| Region | Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region |
| Prefecture | Liuzhou |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,624.21 km2 (1,785.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 115 m (377 ft) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 485,120 |
| • Density | 104.9/km2 (271.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Area code(s) | 0772 |
| Website | http://www.rongshui.gov.cn/ |
Rongshui Miao Autonomous County (Chinese: 融水苗族自治县; pinyin: Róngshuǐ Miáozú Zìzhìxiàn) is an autonomous county in the north eastern part of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China.
Rongshui County lies under the jurisdiction of Liuzhou prefecture. The seat of Rongshui County is Rongshui Town.
Rongshui Miao Autonomous County is the only Miao minority county in Guangxi, with 40 percent of the total population representing the Miao nation.
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Rongshui County has a total population of 485,120 (2007).[1]
More than 70 percent of the population represents various ethnic minorities, such as the Miao, Yao, Dong, Zhuang and others. 40,81% of the total population belong to the Miao minority (2007).[2]
Apart from the county town, Rongshui comprises many small villages and large rural areas. The county is mountainous, featuring both karst landscapes and larger mountain massifs such as the Yuan Bao Shan mountains. The river Rong (Rongjiang) flows through the county and passes by Rongshui town. The longest river within the county is the Bei River (Beijiang, not to be confused with the Beijiang tributary to the Zhujiang).
The county lies in a region that enjoys a humid subtropical climate with moderate temperatures and abundant rainfall. The summers are long and hot, while the winters are short and not very cold.
| Climate data for Rongshui | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 14 (57) |
15 (59) |
18 (65) |
24 (76) |
29 (84) |
32 (89) |
33 (92) |
33 (92) |
32 (89) |
28 (82) |
23 (73) |
18 (64) |
24.9 (76.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 8 (47) |
9 (49) |
13 (55) |
18 (65) |
22 (71) |
24 (76) |
26 (78) |
23 (74) |
8 (46) |
19 (67) |
14 (58) |
10 (50) |
16.3 (61.3) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 41.3 (1.626) |
39.3 (1.547) |
78.4 (3.087) |
98.9 (3.894) |
176.4 (6.945) |
212.2 (8.354) |
144.5 (5.689) |
120.4 (4.74) |
3.6 (0.142) |
47.8 (1.882) |
30.4 (1.197) |
30.4 (1.197) |
1,023.6 (40.299) |
| Source: MSN Weather[3] | |||||||||||||
Rongshui County has 4 towns, 16 townships and 204 villages under its administration.
The towns include Rongshui, Hemu, Huaibao, and Sanfang.
The townships are Anchui, Antai, Baiyun, Dalang, Danian, Dongtou, Gandong, Gongdong, Gunbei, Hongshui, Liangzhai, Sirong, Tonglian, Wangdong, Xiangfen, and Yongle.
Highway G209 provides access to Rongshui from Liuzhou in the south and Guyizheng in the north (with highway G321 connecting from Guyizheng to Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou province, in the west).
Rongshui is serviced by trains connecting with Liuzhou in the south and Huaihua (Hunan) in the north, branching off to larger cities such as Guiyang (Guizhou), Changsha (Hunan), Wuhan (Hubei) and Zhengzhou (Henan).
Rongshui is known for the frequent festivals of its Miao population.
Their celebrations include the drum festival, sowing festival, seedling festival and horse-fighting festivals. The festivities are often accompanied by music played on the Lusheng, a reed-pipe wind instrument, and dancing and singing performances.
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