Luocheng County 罗城县 · Lozcwngz Swciyen
County
罗城仫佬族自治县 Lozcwngz Mulaujcuz Swciyen Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County
Luocheng Location of the seat in Guangxi
Coordinates: 24°47′N 108°54′E / 24.783°N 108.900°E / 24.783; 108.900Coordinates: 24°47′N 108°54′E / 24.783°N 108.900°E / 24.783; 108.900
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Guangxi
Prefecture-level city	Hechi
Township-level divisions	7 towns 4 townships
County seat	Dongmen (东门镇)
Area
• Total	2,658 km2 (1,026 sq mi)
Elevation	339 m (1,112 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	360,000
• Density	140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County (zhuang: Lozcwngz Bouxmohlaujcuz Swci Yen,simplified Chinese: 罗城仫佬族自治县; traditional Chinese: 羅城仫佬族自治縣; pinyin: Luóchéng Mùlǎozú Zìzhìxiàn) is a county of northern Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Hechi City.

Administrative divisions

There are 7 towns and 4 townships in the county:^[1]

• Towns (Chinese: 镇; pinyin: zhèn):
  • Dongmen (东门镇)
  • Long'an (龙岸镇)
  • Huangjin (黄金镇)
  • Xiaochang'an (小长安镇)
  • Siba (四把镇)
  • Tianhe (天河镇)
  • Huaiqun (怀群镇)
• Townships (乡; xiāng):
  • Baotan Township (宝坛乡)
  • Qiaoshan Township (乔善乡)
  • Naweng Township (纳翁乡)
  • Jian'ai Township (兼爱乡)

Languages

The Mulao language (or Mulam) is spoken by the Mulao people of Luocheng County.

At least seven varieties of Chinese are spoken in Luocheng County (Edmondson 1992:137).

• Putonghua is the national language of China.
• Gui-Liu Hua is a local Pinghua variety spoken in Guilin and Liuzhou. It was spoken by government officials formerly sent to administer the region, and also used to be spoken in the provincial court.
• Tuguai Hua is the local Southwestern Mandarin vernacular spoken in Luocheng, Rongshui, and other nearby counties.
• Magai is a Cantonese variety introduced by migrating merchants from Guangdong.
• Ngai is a form of Southern Chinese with seven tones. It is spoken by 20,000 Han peasant agriculturalists.
• Yangsan is an archaic form of Chinese now spoken by only 300 people. It retains voiced stops and ten tones.
• Southern Min was introduced by recent migrants from Fujian.