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 2,504 square kilometres (967 sq mi) and had a population of 562,351 as of 2010[update]. 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.
Liujiang 柳江区 · Liujgyangh Gih | |
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  Liujiang Location in Guangxi | |
| Coordinates: 24°15′25″N 109°20′13″E / 24.257°N 109.337°E[1] | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Guangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Liuzhou |
| District seat | Labao (拉堡镇) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,504 km2 (967 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 110 m (360 ft) |
| Population (2010)[3] | |
| • Total | 562,351 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (580/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 5451XX |
Administrative divisions
Liujiang consists of 8 towns:[4]
Labao (拉堡镇), Baipeng (百朋镇), Chengtuan (成团镇), Sandu (三都镇), Ligao (里高镇), Jiangde (进德镇), Chuanshan (穿山镇), Shibo (土博镇)
Transportation
Rail
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, Chongzuo City: 100,000 years BP;[5][6][7] and the Liujiang hominid: controversially dated at 139,000–111,000 years BP [8]).
Climate
| Climate data for Liujiang (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 27.8 (82.0) | 33.2 (91.8) | 34.5 (94.1) | 35.5 (95.9) | 36.4 (97.5) | 36.7 (98.1) | 39.0 (102.2) | 38.9 (102.0) | 38.1 (100.6) | 36.3 (97.3) | 32.7 (90.9) | 29.9 (85.8) | 39.0 (102.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.3 (57.7) | 16.7 (62.1) | 19.6 (67.3) | 25.4 (77.7) | 29.5 (85.1) | 31.5 (88.7) | 33.1 (91.6) | 33.4 (92.1) | 31.8 (89.2) | 27.8 (82.0) | 22.9 (73.2) | 17.3 (63.1) | 25.3 (77.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) | 12.9 (55.2) | 16.0 (60.8) | 21.4 (70.5) | 25.2 (77.4) | 27.3 (81.1) | 28.5 (83.3) | 28.6 (83.5) | 26.9 (80.4) | 22.8 (73.0) | 17.8 (64.0) | 12.6 (54.7) | 20.9 (69.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.0 (46.4) | 10.2 (50.4) | 13.4 (56.1) | 18.4 (65.1) | 22.0 (71.6) | 24.5 (76.1) | 25.3 (77.5) | 25.2 (77.4) | 23.3 (73.9) | 19.2 (66.6) | 14.4 (57.9) | 9.5 (49.1) | 17.8 (64.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) | 0.2 (32.4) | 0.9 (33.6) | 7.8 (46.0) | 12.2 (54.0) | 16.5 (61.7) | 19.5 (67.1) | 20.5 (68.9) | 14.8 (58.6) | 8.1 (46.6) | 3.2 (37.8) | −1.6 (29.1) | −1.6 (29.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 63.5 (2.50) | 44.2 (1.74) | 98.7 (3.89) | 129.1 (5.08) | 217.9 (8.58) | 339.0 (13.35) | 212.3 (8.36) | 197.4 (7.77) | 82.9 (3.26) | 57.5 (2.26) | 56.7 (2.23) | 44.6 (1.76) | 1,543.8 (60.78) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 11.6 | 11.7 | 17.1 | 15.5 | 15.6 | 17.7 | 15.4 | 13.6 | 8.5 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 148.9 |
| Average snowy days | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 75 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 78 | 82 | 80 | 79 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 76 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 58.6 | 50.1 | 46.4 | 77.4 | 116.7 | 121.1 | 176.8 | 180.2 | 174.5 | 160.1 | 127.8 | 107.1 | 1,396.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 17 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 28 | 30 | 43 | 45 | 48 | 45 | 39 | 33 | 31 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[9][10] | |||||||||||||