Baisha () is a town of
Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County
Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County () is an autonomous county of northeastern Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Hezhou City.
Administrative divisions
As of January 2016, Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County has nine towns and three townships u ...
,
Guangxi
Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...
,
China
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. , it has one residential community and 6 villages under its administration.
As of the 2018 census it had a population of 15,000 and an area of .
Administrative division
As of 2016, the town is divided into one community and six villages:
* Baisha Community ()
* Jingshan ()
* Mujiang ()
* Jiling ()
* Qingtian ()
* Chaqing ()
* Pingjiang ()
Geography
It lies at the southeastern of
Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County
Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County () is an autonomous county of northeastern Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Hezhou City.
Administrative divisions
As of January 2016, Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County has nine towns and three townships u ...
, bordering
Zhongshan County
Zhongshan County (; za, Cunghsanh Yen) is a county in the northeast of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Hezhou
Hezhou () is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous ...
to the south and southwest,
Lianshan Town to the north and northwest, and
Jianghua Yao Autonomous County to the east.
The Baisha River flows through the town north to south.
Economy
The principal industries in the town are agriculture, forestry and mineral resources. Significant crops include grains, ''
Castanea mollissima'', ''
Myrica rubra'', and
ginger
Ginger (''Zingiber officinale'') is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice
A spice is a seed, fruit, root, bark, or other plant substance primarily used for flavoring or coloring food. Spices ...
. The region also has an abundance of
tin
Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn (from la, stannum) and atomic number 50. Tin is a silvery-coloured metal.
Tin is soft enough to be cut with little force and a bar of tin can be bent by hand with little effort. When bent, t ...
.
Transportation
The
China National Highway 207 passes across the town north to south.
References
Bibliography
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Towns of Hezhou