Dabu () is a town in

Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County Ruyuan ( postal: Yuyuan; ), officially Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County, is a county of northern Guangdong province, China, with a small border with Hunan to the northwest. It is under the administration of Shaoguan Shaoguan (; Hakka: Seukoan) is ...

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

, China. As of the 2018 census it had a population of 13,873 and an area of .

Administrative division

As of 2016, the town is divided into one community and seven villages: * Dabu Community () * Jiashui () * Yingming () * Chengtou () * Baikeng () * Wulian () * Wuying () * Pingshan ()

History

It was known as "Dabu Township" historically. In 1987, it was upgraded to a town.

Geography

The town sits at the southern

. The town shares a border with Luoyang Town to the west and north, Wujiang District to the east, and

Yingde Yingde ( postal: Yingtak; ) is a historical city in the north of Guangdong Province, China. The city is on the Bei River, a tributary of the Pearl River. Administratively, it is part of the Qingyuan prefecture-level city. The principal varietie ...

to the south. The Huangdong River () winds through the town. 地名 is in the subtropical monsoon climate zone, with an average annual temperature of , total annual rainfall of , and a frost-free period of 286 days.

Economy

The local economy is primarily based upon agriculture and local industry. The main crops are rice, peanut, bean and vegetable. Economic crops are mainly bamboo, pepper, and sweet potato. The region abounds with

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 ...

bismuth Bismuth is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Bi and atomic number 83. It is a post-transition metal and one of the pnictogens, with chemical properties resembling its lighter group 15 siblings arsenic and antimony. Elemental ...

tungsten Tungsten, or wolfram, is a chemical element with the symbol W and atomic number 74. Tungsten is a rare metal found naturally on Earth almost exclusively as compounds with other elements. It was identified as a new element in 1781 and first isolat ...

, copper,

pyrite The mineral pyrite (), or iron pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula Iron, FeSulfur, S2 (iron (II) disulfide). Pyrite is the most abundant sulfide mineral. Pyrite's metallic Luster (mineralogy), lust ...

, and

manganese Manganese is a chemical element with the symbol Mn and atomic number 25. It is a hard, brittle, silvery metal, often found in minerals in combination with iron. Manganese is a transition metal with a multifaceted array of industrial alloy use ...

Demographics

As of 2018, the

National Bureau of Statistics of China The National Bureau of Statistics (), abbreviated as NBS, is an deputy-cabinet level agency directly under the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It is responsible for collection, investigation, research and publication of stati ...

estimates the township's population now to be 13,873.

Tourist attractions

The Ruyuan Grand Canyon (), also known as "Guangdong Grand Canyon", is a well-known scenic spot in Guangdong.

Administrative division

History

Geography

Economy

Demographics

Tourist attractions

Transportation

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