Chongzuo
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Chongzuo 崇左市 • Cungzcoj Si |
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| Prefecture-level city | |
 Location of Chongzuo in Guangxi |
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 Chongzuo
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| Coordinates: 22°25′N 107°22′E / 22.417°N 107.367°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Guangxi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17,345 km2 (6,697 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,347,700 |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 532200 |
| Area code(s) | 0771 |
| Website | http://www.chongzuo.gov.cn/ |
Chóngzuǒ (Chinese: ; pinyin: Chóngzuǒ; Zhuang: Cungzcoj) is a prefecture-level city in the south of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region along the Sino-Vietnamese border. It is home to one of China's largest Zhuang populations.
Chongzuo is located in southwestern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It borders Nanning to the east, Baise to the north, Fangchenggang to the south and Lạng Sơn, Vietnam to the west. The Zuo or Left River and the You or Right River have their confluence in Chongzuo after which the river becomes the Yong River. Chongzuo is mountainous and hilly with numerous karst formations similar to Guilin and northern Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay. Its area is 17,345 km2 (6,697 sq mi), 7,190 km2 (2,780 sq mi) of which is forested.
Chongzuo's climate is humid subtropical and monsoon-influenced. January's average temperature is 13.8 °C (56.8 °F) and in July it is 28.1 °C (82.6 °F). Within the prefecture, the annual mean is 20.8–22.4 °C (69.4–72.3 °F). There are 330 frost-free days. Annual precipitation is between 1088-1799mm.
Chongzuo is one of the earliest centers of Zhuang culture. Important sites dating back to the stone age have been found here. The Rock Paintings of Hua Mountain along the Ming River at Huashan date back 1800 to 2500 year and are one of the largest groups of pictographs in China and in the world. On several cliff faces are hundreds of large red pictographs depicting a large battle. The red pigment is still bright and vivid and individual figures, weapons, and animals are easy to distinguish. The cliffs, part of the sacred Frog Mountain, were important site to the early Zhuang.
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