Liupanshui
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Liupanshui is a city whose urban area has 251,900 inhabitants in Western Guizhou
province in the People's Republic of China
. The population of its jurisdictional area (the prefecture-level city
) has exceeded 2,830,000 as of 2006, and it is the second largest city in Guizhou. It has an area of 9,926 km².
The city was founded in 1978 as a prefecture-level municipality.
It is known locally as "The Cool City" or "Cool Capital" due to its low average summer temperature.
political entity, a confederation of tribes that dominated parts of modern day Guizhou
, Hunan
, Sichuan
and Yunnan
provinces.
The name of the city, Liupanshui六盘水） comes from the first characters of each county —— Liuzhi(六）), Panxian (（盘）),Shuicheng (水).
Guizhou
' is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the southwestern part of the country. Its provincial capital city is Guiyang.- History :...
province in the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
. The population of its jurisdictional area (the prefecture-level city
Prefecture-level city
A prefectural level city , prefectural city or prefectural level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. Prefectural level cities form the second level of the administrative...
) has exceeded 2,830,000 as of 2006, and it is the second largest city in Guizhou. It has an area of 9,926 km².
The city was founded in 1978 as a prefecture-level municipality.
It is known locally as "The Cool City" or "Cool Capital" due to its low average summer temperature.
Administrative divisions
Its administratively divided to the following county-level jurisdictions:- Liuzhi Special DistrictLiuzhi Special DistrictLiuzhi Special District is a district of Guizhou, China. It is under the administration of Liupanshui city....
六枝特区 - Pan CountyPan CountyPan County is a county of Guizhou, China. It is under the administration of Liupanshui city....
盘县 - Shuicheng CountyShuicheng CountyShuicheng County is a county of Guizhou, China. It is under the administration of Liupanshui city....
水城县 - Zhongshan DistrictZhongshan District, LiupanshuiZhongshan District is a district of Guizhou, China. It is under the administration of Liupanshui city....
钟山区
History
The general area is significant as the seat of the historic YelangYelang
Yelang , initially known as Zangke , was an ancient political entity first described in the 3rd century BC that was centered in what is now western Guizhou province, China...
political entity, a confederation of tribes that dominated parts of modern day Guizhou
Guizhou
' is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the southwestern part of the country. Its provincial capital city is Guiyang.- History :...
, Hunan
Hunan
' is a province of South-Central China, located to the south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting...
, Sichuan
Sichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...
and Yunnan
Yunnan
Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately and with a population of 45.7 million . The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with...
provinces.
The name of the city, Liupanshui六盘水） comes from the first characters of each county —— Liuzhi(六）), Panxian (（盘）),Shuicheng (水).
Tourism
Tourism in Liupanshui focuses on minority folk culture and karst landform tourism. This includes the underground lake in Qilin Cave Park 麒麟公园, Danxia Mountain 丹霞山, about which Xu Xiake, the Chinese travel writer and geographer of the Ming Dynasty, had written. Yushe National Park 玉舍国家公园 includes the Jiucai Ping Scenic Zone 韭菜坪景区. The flat-topped Jiucai Ping is the tallest mountain in Guizhou Province at about 2900 meters. Jiucai here means "garlic chives," so named because the mountain is famous for its Garlic chive blossoms. Other attractions include the sunrise, the sea of clouds, and unusual rock formations. Also notable is the Tiansheng Bridge 天生桥, "tiansheng" meaning "god-made." There is also a nature reserve called Shuicheng Francois's Leaf Monkey Nature Reserve 水城野钟黑叶猴自然保护区.Cuisine
Local cuisine includes Yangrou fen (羊肉粉)- Lamb rice noodles, and Luoguo yangyu (（烙锅洋芋) - Fried potatoes.See also
- History of YunnanHistory of Yunnan-Prehistory:Notable prehistoric finds include the Yuanmou Man, a Homo erectus fossil unearthed by railway engineers in the 1960s and determined to be the oldest known hominid fossil in China.-Neolithic:...