Brief introduction of Liannan Yao Autonomous County

Liannan Yao Autonomous County is located in the northwest of Guangdong Province, north of the Tropic of Cancer, with latitude 2417'16 "-24 56' 2" and longitude12' 2 "-165438+. It borders Lianzhou City in the northeast, Yangshan County in the southeast, Huaiji County in the south, Lianshan Zhuang and Yao Autonomous County in the west and Jianghua Yao Autonomous County in Hunan Province in the northwest. It governs 7 towns (Sanjiang, Zhaigang, Damaishan, Xiangping, Daping, Woshui and Sanpai) and 7 1 village neighborhood committee. This is a county where Yao people live in compact communities. The county seat is located in sanjiang town. After the opening of 107 National Road, the county seat is 236 kilometers away from Guangzhou Highway and 120 kilometers away from Pingshi Railway Station. The place where Yao people live accounts for 80% of the county area. The mountains stretching for hundreds of miles are full of Yao villages, and the Yao customs are rich. Therefore, Liannan Yao Autonomous County is called "Baili Yaoshan". 12 Yao nationality is distributed in mountainous areas, accounting for 88% of the county area, while Han nationality is distributed in sanjiang town, Zhaigang town and other places, all of which belong to plain and hilly areas, accounting for 12% of the county area. According to the 2005 population statistics, there are 156523 people in the county, including 80972 Yao people, accounting for more than 50.73% of the total population. 1523 Zhuang people; There are over 70,000 Han people, most of whom are Hakkas. There are also a small number of Hui, Manchu, Li, Yi, Tujia, Buyi and Korean ethnic groups. 320 12 Liannan successfully established a provincial-level strong education county and achieved a historic leap in basic education. In 20 10, the national medical insurance system with financial subsidies was implemented, and the people's health level was significantly improved, with an average life expectancy of 7 1 year; The development of urbanization is changing with each passing day, and the area of the county has expanded more than seven times. 20 1 1 year was rated as "China livable and suitable for business demonstration city"; The transportation network extends in all directions, and the mileage of the whole county reached 798.4 kilometers in 20 12. Invested a lot of manpower and material resources to solve the problem of drinking water in rural areas, and the rural people basically used clean tap water; The forest coverage rate is 79.3%, and 20 1 1 year won the title of "provincial forestry ecological county".