Lingnan

Lingnan (; ) is a geographic area referring to the lands in the south of the Nanling Mountains. The region covers the modern Chinese subdivisions of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong & Macau and Northern Vietnam.

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Settlement.name: Lingnan
Settlement.native_name: 岭南
Settlement.native_name_lang: zh
Settlement.image_map: File:Nanyue.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Maximum extent of the Nanyue kingdom, roughly corresponding to the geographical region of Lingnan with the exception of Central Vietnam
Settlement.subdivision_type: Modern day-location
Settlement.subdivision_name: Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, Macau, and North Vietnam (Tonkin)
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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inception: 0716-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 0917-00-00

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Background
Lingnan Jiedushi
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== Background == The area was inhabited by the Baiyue people prior to the Qin unification of China, and was considered by the ancient Chinese court to be a tropical, uncivilized barbarian land that had no contact with the Zhongyuan, which was the cultural cradle of Chinese culture.