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Longlin Various Nationalities Autonomous County

Longlin Various Nationalities Autonomous County (Chinese: 隆林各族自治县; pinyin: Lónglín Gèzú Zìzhìxiàn) is an autonomous county, under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Baise, in the west of Guangxi, China, bordering Guizhou Province to the north and west. As of 2019, the county's population was 437,907 people.

The county is inhabited by several ethnic minorities, including the Miao, Yi, Gelao and Zhuang, who constitute approximately 80% of the county's population.

Present-day Longlin was first incorporated into the Song dynasty in 1253, when it fell under the jurisdiction of Anlongdong as part of the Sicheng Prefecture [zh]. In 1402, the area was reorganized as Anlong Prefecture, until 1666, when it was again reorganized as Xilong Prefecture [zh]. Xilong Prefecture underwent administrative changes in 1729, but otherwise went unchanged until 1912, when the Republic of China was established and the area was reorganized as Xilong County.

The area became part of the People's Republic of China in March 1950, and a communist-led local government was set up on March 18, 1950. On January 1, 1953, the area was renamed from Xilong County to Longlin County.

Longlin is bordered by Tianlin County to the east, Xilin County to the south, Xingyi, Guizhou to the west, and by Anlong County and Ceheng County in Guizhou Province to the north. The county is home to the Tianshengqiao I and Tianshengqiao II dams, which sit along the Nanpan River.

Longlin County is divided into 6 towns and 10 townships. The county government is seated in the town of Xinzhou [zh] (新州镇).

The county's 6 towns are Xinzhou, Yacha (​桠杈镇), Tianshengqiao [zh] (天生桥镇), Pingban [zh] (平班镇), De'e (​德峨镇), and Longhuo [zh] (隆或镇).

The county's 10 townships are Shali Township [zh] (沙梨乡), Zhebao Township [zh] (者保乡), Zhelang Township [zh] (者浪乡), Gebu Township [zh] (革步乡), Jinzhongshan Township [zh] (金钟山乡), Zhuchang Township [zh] (猪场乡), Shechang Township [zh] (蛇场乡), Kechang Township [zh] (克长乡), Yancha Township [zh] (岩茶乡), and Jieting Township [zh] (介廷乡).

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