The Wuling Mountains is a mountain range

Mountain range

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 located in Central China

China

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, running from Chongqing

Chongqing

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 Municipality and East Guizhou

Guizhou

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 to West Hunan

Hunan

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The Wulingyuan

Wulingyuan

Wulingyuan is a scenic and historic interest area in Hunan Province, China, noted for its approximately 3,100 tall quartzite sandstone pillars, some of which are over in height and are a type of karst formation. The site is in the Zhangjiajie City and lies about from Changsha, the capital of...

 Scenic Area in the east (Hunan Province) is a World Heritage Site, noted for its high mountains, strangely-shaped crags, clear waters, deep valleys, and mountain gullies.

The highest peak in the Wuling Mountains, Mt. Fanjing (Fanjingshan), is located in Guizhou province and has an altitude of 2572 metres (8,438.3 ft). The Mt. Fanjing National Nature Reserve was established in 1978 and covers a total area of 567 square kilometres (218.9 sq mi). It is a conservation area for primitive vegetation of the mid sub-tropic alpine region of western China. The rare Guizhou (or Grey) snub-nosed monkey

Snub-nosed monkey

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 occurs only in a small region centering on Mt. Fanjing. Mt. Fanjing also has the status of a sacred Buddhist mountain.

The Wuling Mountains are also home to many ethnic groups, such as the Tujia, Han

Han Chinese

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, Miao

Hmong people

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, Dong

Dong people

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, and Bai

Bai

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