Place:Liuzhou, Guangxi, People's Republic of China

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NameLiuzhou
Alt namesLiuchowsource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
TypeCity
Coordinates24.317°N 109.4°E
Located inGuangxi, People's Republic of China
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Liuzhou (; , IPA Pronunciation:) is a prefecture-level city in north-central Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. The prefecture's population was 3,758,700 in 2010, including 1,436,599 in the built-up area made of 4 urban districts. Its total area is and for the built up area.

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Liujiang cave skull-b. Homo Sapiens 68,000 Years Old.jpg
Liujiang cave skull from the National Museum of Natural History
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Kaiyuan Temple , ruins of Tang dynasty
柳侯祠 Ancestral Temple of the Marquis Liu.jpg
Liuhou Ancestral Hall , "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 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. when it was known as Tanzhong.

In 742 A.D. it became known as Longcheng, after the Long River, before finally changing to Liuzhou after the Liu River in 1736.

The most famous historic figure is Liu Zongyuan (773–819), who was a poet and politician in the Tang Dynasty and who died in Liuzhou. He is commemorated by a park in the city.

Liuzhou was the site of Liuchow Airfield, used by Nationalist Chinese and American Army Air Forces in World War II. (At that time the airfield was closer to the centre, where the zoo is now.) It was captured by the Japanese army on 7 November 1944 during the Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou and recaptured by Nationalist Chinese forces on 30 June 1945 prior to the Second Guangxi Campaign.[1]

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