Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County

Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County (Zhuang: Lozcwngz Bouxmohlaujcuz Swci Yen, ) 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.