# Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County

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 an ethnic Mulao county of northern Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Hechi City. It is the only Mulao autonomous county in China.

## Administrative divisions

There are 7 towns and 4 townships in the county:
* Towns:
** 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:
** 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.

## Climate

Climate data for Luocheng, elevation 363 m (1,191 ft), (1991–2020 normals) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.6 (54.7) | 15.0 (59.0) | 18.1 (64.6) | 23.8 (74.8) | 27.8 (82.0) | 29.9 (85.8) | 31.7 (89.1) | 32.1 (89.8) | 30.2 (86.4) | 26.1 (79.0) | 21.3 (70.3) | 15.7 (60.3) | 23.7 (74.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.1 (48.4) | 11.4 (52.5) | 14.5 (58.1) | 19.8 (67.6) | 23.6 (74.5) | 25.9 (78.6) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.2 (81.0) | 25.2 (77.4) | 21.1 (70.0) | 16.2 (61.2) | 11.2 (52.2) | 19.4 (66.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) | 8.8 (47.8) | 12.0 (53.6) | 16.9 (62.4) | 20.5 (68.9) | 23.2 (73.8) | 24.1 (75.4) | 23.8 (74.8) | 21.5 (70.7) | 17.5 (63.5) | 12.8 (55.0) | 8.1 (46.6) | 16.3 (61.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 53.7 (2.11) | 51.2 (2.02) | 92.7 (3.65) | 131.4 (5.17) | 242.2 (9.54) | 366.5 (14.43) | 251.6 (9.91) | 161.6 (6.36) | 88.9 (3.50) | 62.5 (2.46) | 59.4 (2.34) | 43.7 (1.72) | 1,605.4 (63.21) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.8 | 12.5 | 18.4 | 16.7 | 17.0 | 19.2 | 17.1 | 14.2 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 164.4 |
| Average snowy days | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 77 | 78 | 82 | 81 | 81 | 84 | 82 | 80 | 76 | 73 | 74 | 72 | 78 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 48.0 | 43.6 | 46.6 | 66.9 | 96.4 | 93.3 | 151.8 | 174.3 | 162.8 | 136.7 | 112.1 | 94.9 | 1,227.4 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 14 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 23 | 23 | 36 | 44 | 45 | 39 | 35 | 29 | 28 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||