City in Guangxi where Tang Dynasty poet Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元 (773-819) was exiled and where he died.
Liuzhou has a history of more than 2,100 years, founded in 111 B.C. when it was known as Tanzhong. In 742 A.D. it became known as Longcheng (Dragon City), before finally changing to Liuzhou in 1736.
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