Longsheng
Location: locates between 10932' - 10014' north latitude and 2535'
- 2617' east longitude, in the northeastern part of Guangxi
Neighboring Areas: Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan and Guangdong provinces
Physical Features: densely covered with forests with a forestation rate of 76% and a forestation level of 94%
Population: 167,000
Area: 2,442 sq km
Nationalities: Han, Miao, Yao, Dong and Zhuang
History: the earliest county established in southern China
Climatic Features: situated in sub-tropical zone; monsoon climate with sufficient rainfall and frost-free of 314 days
Average Temperature: 18.1
C
Rainfall: 1500-2400mm
Mountains: Hou (Monkey) Hill, Wujian (Five Swords) Hill, Xinzi Hill, Qipan (Chess Board) Hill
Rivers: Liujiang River
Products: gingko, long-stalk hairy beech and cephalotaxus fortunei
Local Highlights: colorful mixture
of Dong, Zhuang, Yao and Miao minorities
Sanjiang
Location: situated between north latitude 254 - 260 and east longitude
10814' - 10945', in the north area of the Guangxi Zhuang Automomous Region;
at the middle beaches of the Xunjiang River; in the joint area of the
three provinces: Hunan, Guizhou province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous
Region
Neighboring Areas: Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan and Guangdong provinces
Physical Features: surrounded by mountains with average elevation of 80-100m
Nationalities: Dong, Han, Zhuang, Miao, Yao, Manchu, Hui, Maonan, Gelao and Yi
Climatic Features: subtropical humid monsoon climate; with enough sunshine of more than 1600 hours annually; mild; with long frost-free period of more than 300 days
Average Temperature: annual average
temperature of 17-19C
Rainfall: plenty of rain, concentrated in summers; annual precipitation
of 1493 mm
Rivers: the Rongjiang River, Xunjiang River
Local Highlights: the building
of the Dong nationality, March the third Festival, Fireworks and Firecrackers
Festival