Baisha Li Autonomous County ( Chinese: s ), p ''Báishā Lízú Zìzhìxiàn'') is one of 6

autonomous counties Autonomous counties () and autonomous banners () are county-level autonomous administrative divisions of China. The two are essentially identical except in name. There are 117 autonomous counties and three autonomous banners. The latter are f ...

Hainan Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and most populous island in China,The island of Taiwan, which is slightly l ...

, China. In 1999 its population was 176,377 people, largely made up of the

Li people The Hlai, also known as Li or Lizu, are a Kra–Dai-speaking ethnic group, one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. The vast majority live off the southern coast of China on Hainan Island, where the ...

. Baisha County was established in 1935, alongside Baoting County and Ledong County. In 1958, this county was briefly merged into Dongfang County before reestablished three years later. On 20 November 1987, the State Council retify this county as an autonomous county for

, and on 30 December the official establishment ceremony was held.

Administrative division

Baisha County is divided into: * 4

Towns A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an or ...

(镇): Yacha (牙叉镇), Qifang (七坊镇), Bangxi (邦溪镇), Da'an (打安镇). * 7

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(乡)：Xishui Township (细水乡), Yuanmen Township (元门乡), Nankai Township (南开乡), Fulong Township (阜龙乡), Qingsong Township (青松乡), Jinpo Township (金波乡), Rongbang Township (荣邦乡). * 9 Township-level Farm Areas (农场)

Demography

The main spoken languages in this county are

Hlai language The Hlai languages () are a primary branch of the Kra–Dai language family spoken in the mountains of central and south-central Hainan in China by the Hlai people, not to be confused with the colloquial name for the Leizhou branch of Min Chine ...

Hainanese Hainanese ( Hainan Romanised: ', Hainanese Pinyin: ',), also known as Qióngwén, Heng2 vun2 () or Qióngyǔ, Heng2 yi2 (), is a group of Min Chinese varieties spoken in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan and Overseas Chinese su ...

, and

Putonghua Standard Chinese ()—in linguistics Standard Northern Mandarin or Standard Beijing Mandarin, in common speech simply Mandarin, better qualified as Standard Mandarin, Modern Standard Mandarin or Standard Mandarin Chinese—is a modern standar ...

Geography

Baisha County are mostly mountainous forests which covered 83.47% of the county. The mountainous areas occupy around 73.1% of the county area, seconded by hilly areas with 19.1%, and the rest is plains with 7.7%. The highest mountain in the county is Yinggeling Mountain (1812 m above sea level), which also Hainan's second highest mountain after

Wuzhi Mountain Wuzhi Mountain () is the highest mountain in Hainan, China, towering above the center of Hainan Island. The surrounding areas of Wuzhi Mountain are inhabited mainly by the Li ethnic group. It is located adjacent to Wuzhishan City but is not par ...

. The source of rivers like

Nandu River The Nandu River () is the longest river in Hainan Province, China. Its tributary is the Xinwu River. The river discharges into the Nandu River estuary at Haikou city, and then into Qiongzhou Strait. The river is 314 km long, with a discharg ...

Changhua River The Changhua River (), also known as Changhua Jiang, Chang River (昌江), is a river located in Hainan Province of the People's Republic of China. and is the second longest river in Hainan. Changhua River originates from Kongshi Ridge (空示� ...

, Zhubo River, and

Shilu River Shilu is the Pinyin transcription of several Chinese words and proper names. It may refer to: * Shilu, Hainan (石碌镇), a town in Hainan Island. * Shilu, Suzhou (lit. Stone Road, 石路), a business street in Suzhou * Veritable Records, historic ...

, are found in this county.

Climate

Transportation

Railway

* Hainan western ring railway: Furongtian railway station (芙蓉田火车站)

Highway

China National Highway 225 China National Highway 225 () runs from Haikou in Hainan to Sanya, Hainan. It is 429 kilometres in length. It is the western part of Hainan Ring Highway. (The eastern part of the ring is China National Highway 223). Along most of its length, Hi ...

* Hainan Provincial Expressway: S310 & S315

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References

External links

Official website (Chinese)
{{authority control Baisha Li Autonomous County Li autonomous counties