Qiongzhong Li and Miao Autonomous County is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Hainan Province, located in the middle of Hainan Island, adjacent to 9 cities and counties such as Qionghai, Wanning, Baisha, Danzhou, Lingshui, Baoting, Wuzhishan, Tunchang and Chengmai. The county covers a total area of 2704.66 square kilometers, and governs 10 townships, 2 county-owned forest farms, 1 county-owned farms and 10 farmers. There are three Hainan Agricultural Reclamation Farm Co., Ltd. and 1 county farm companies in China, with a total population of 2 1.6 million (20,265,438+). From 202 1 to 2023, it won the title of "Hometown of Folk Culture and Art in China".
In the Neolithic age, there were human activities in this county; In the first year of Zhenguan in Tang Dynasty (627), it was Qiongshan County, belonging to Lingnan Road, and it was changed to Qiongzhou in five years. Qiongzhong County was founded in March 1948. First, it belongs to the democratic government of Qiongya East District; In March of the following year, it was renamed Qiongya Minority Autonomous Region; On September 26th 1987, the state was withdrawn again and changed to Hainan administrative region. On February 28th, 65438+ year, the county was changed to Qiongzhong Li and Miao Autonomous County, and the following year it belonged to Hainan Province.