Liupanshui


Liupanshui is a city in western Guizhou province, People's Republic of China. The name Liupanshui combines the first character from the names of each of the city's three constituent counties: Liuzhi, Panzhou, Shuicheng. As a prefecture-level city with an area of, Liupanshui had a total population of over 2,830,000 in 2006, making it the second largest in the province, though only 251,900 inhabitants were urban residents. The city is known locally as "The Cool City" or "Cool Capital" due to its low average summer temperature.

History

The general area is significant as the seat of the historic Yelang political entity, a confederation of tribes that dominated parts of modern-day Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. The city was established in 1978 as a prefecture-level municipality.

Administrative divisions

Liupanshui City is located in the western part of Guizhou Province, on the slopes of the first and second level terraces of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. It spans from 25°1944 to 26°5533 north latitude and from 104°1820 to 105°4250 east longitude, with a total area of 9,914.5958 square kilometers, accounting for 5.63% of the total area of the province.
Its administratively divided to the following county-level jurisdictions:
  • District
  • *Zhongshan District
  • *Shuicheng District
  • Special District
  • *Liuzhi Special District
  • County-level city
  • *Panzhou City
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Ethnic groups

Liupanshui is a multi-ethnic area with many ethnic minorities, among which the Yi, Miao, Buyi, Bai, Hui and Gelao ethnic groups are the indigenous ethnic groups in Liupanshui City.
The Liupanshui City Ethnic Gazetteer lists the following ethnic groups and their respective locations.
  • Bai
  • *Pan County : in Jiuying, Gaotun, Yangchangba, Luna, Shahe
  • *Shuicheng County : in Longchang, Yingpan
  • Gelao
  • *Liuzhi Special District : in Langdai, Xinhua, Duoque
  • *Shuicheng County : in , , , ,
  • Shui
  • *Pan County : in
  • *Shuicheng County : in Fa'er

    Climate

Liupanshui belongs to the subtropical monsoon humid climate zone. Affected by the low latitude and high altitude, it has a pleasant climate with warm winters and cool summers. The annual average temperature is 15 °C, the average temperature in January is 3 to 6.3 °C, and the average temperature in July is 19.8 °C to 22 °C.

Transportation

Rail

Liupanshui is a major rail hub in southwestern China. The Shanghai-Kunming, Liupanshui-Baiguo and Neijiang-Kunming Railways intersect in the city.The Neijiang-Kunming Railway starts from Neijiang Station in Sichuan Province in the north, passes through Yibin, Zhaotong, Bijie, etc., and ends at Kunming Station in Yunnan Province. It is 872 kilometers long and is a Class I passenger and freight single-track electrified railway connecting Neijiang City, Sichuan Province and Kunming City, Yunnan Province.

Air

The city is served by Liupanshui Yuezhao Airport.Liupanshui Yuezhao Airport is a civil airport located at the junction of Damu Village, Yuezhao Township, Zhongshan District, Liupanshui City, known as the "Cool Capital of China", and Dayao Village, Dongdi Township, Shuicheng County in the western part of Guizhou Province, China. It is 10.5 kilometers away from the city center in a straight line and about 15 kilometers away by ordinary road.

Tourism

in Liupanshui focuses on minority folk culture and karst landform tourism. This includes the underground lake in Qilin Cave Park, Danxia Mountain, about which Xu Xiake, the Chinese travel writer and geographer of the Ming Dynasty, had written. Yushe National Park includes the Jiucai Ping Scenic Zone.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, "tiansheng" meaning "god-made". There is also a nature reserve called Shuicheng Francois's Leaf Monkey Nature Reserve.
Liupanshui has also developed tourism based on its role in the Third Front construction. Liupanshui is the site of the Guizhou Third Front Construction Museum.

Cuisine

Local cuisine includes Yangrou fen - Lamb rice noodles, and Luoguo yangyu - Fried potatoes.Lotus leaf glutinous rice chicken is a traditional snack in Liupanshui City, which has a long-standing reputation and is also a famous dish in banquets. When you open the lotus leaf, the fragrance is fragrant and the umami flavor is overflowing, and the glutinous rice is smooth and delicious.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Liupanshui is twinned with:
According to the Seventh National Census in 2020, the city's Permanent Population was 3,031,602. Compared with 2,851,180 people in the Sixth census in 2010, the city's permanent population increased by 180,422 people, an increase of 6.33%, and the average annual growth rate was 0.62%. The male population was 1556454, accounting for 51.34%; The female population was 1,475,148. The sex ratio of the total population was 105.51, 5.19 percentage points lower than the 110.70 of the Sixth National census in 2010.