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Liuzhou
Summary
Liuzhou (ljuːˈdʒoʊ; , IPA Pronunciation:liu3.zhou1) is a prefecture-level city in north-central Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. The prefecture's population was 3,967,900 in 2021, including 1,436,599 in the built-up area made of four urban districts. Its total area is and for the built up area.
Liuzhou is located on the banks of the winding Liu River, approximately from Nanning, the regional capital. By road, it is about to Guilin, to Hechi, to Nanning, to Fangchenggang, to Beihai.
Swimming in the river is a tradition of the city. The river is normally green, but sometimes in summer, floods from the mountain areas upstream bring sediment which colors the water yellow. In early 2012, a cadmium spill upstream caused serious pollution worries.
The river can be deep. Normally, the depth is but can as deep as before it floods over the wall. In 2000 a bus, with 78 passengers, fell over the side of a bridge, and into of water.
Liuzhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa/Cwa), with mild winters and long hot summers, and very humid conditions year-round. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from in January to in August, while extremes have ranged from . Rain is both the heaviest and most frequent from May to August, when nearly two-thirds of the annual rainfall occurs.
Liujiang cave skull-b. Homo Sapiens 68,000 Years Old.jpg|Liujiang cave skull from the [[National Museum of Natural History]]
唐开元寺遗址.JPG|Kaiyuan Temple {{nowrap|({{linktext|lang=zh-Hans|开元寺}}}}, ruins of [[Tang dynasty]]
柳侯祠 Ancestral Temple of the Marquis Liu.jpg|Liuhou Ancestral Hall {{nowrap|{{linktext|lang=zh|柳侯祠}}}}, "Ancestral Hall of Liu Noble"
抗战期间被日军破坏焚烧状况图.png|Liuzhou by Japanese Army Situation Map
The Liujiang men () are among the earliest modern humans found in East Asia. Their remains were discovered in the Tongtianyang Cave (通天岩) in Liujiang County, Guangxi. Liujiang man is a Late Pleistocene Homo sapiens sapiens.
Liuzhou has a history of more than 2,100 years. The city was founded in 111 B.C.
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