Natao Township () is a rural

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Bama Yao Autonomous County Bama Yao Autonomous County ( Zhuang: ,) is a county in Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Hechi City. The residents of Bama County have a reputation for longevity, and Bama has been the focus of studies from geriatricians nationwid ...

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, China. As of the 2005 census it had a population of 30,371 and an area of .

Administrative division

As of 2017, the township is divided into eight villages: * Natao () * Namin () * Lanting () * Lide () * Poliang () * Min'an () * Banjiao () * Pinglin ()

Geography

The township is bordered to the north by Bama Town, to the east by

Dahua Yao Autonomous County Dahua Yao Autonomous County ( zhuang: ; ) is a county of west-central Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Hechi Hechi () is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of Chin ...

, to the southeast by Bailin Township, to the southwest by

Tiandong County Tiandong County(, za, Denzdungh Yen) is a county of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Baise. Demographics Tiandong's population was 411,500(2010). 85.22% of the people belong to the Zhuang ethnic gro ...

, and to the west by

Yandong Township Yandong () is a town in Bama Yao Autonomous County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. As of the 2015 census it had a population of 25,917 and an area of . Administrative division As of 2017, the town is divided into twelve villages: * Lon ...

. The Lingqi River () flows through the town west to east. The Laiqing River () flows through the town north to south.

Demographics

The population of Bama, according to the 2018 census, is 30,371.

Economy

The town's economy is based on nearby mineral resources and agricultural resources. Medicinal materials,

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s, ginger, anise, tea oil, bananas, Bama miniature pig () and

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s are well-known local products. The region abounds with

titanium Titanium is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ti and atomic number 22. Found in nature only as an oxide, it can be reduced to produce a lustrous transition metal with a silver color, low density, and high strength, resista ...

silicon Silicon is a chemical element with the symbol Si and atomic number 14. It is a hard, brittle crystalline solid with a blue-grey metallic luster, and is a tetravalent metalloid and semiconductor. It is a member of group 14 in the periodic ta ...

copper Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu (from la, cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a pinkis ...

iron Iron () is a chemical element with Symbol (chemistry), symbol Fe (from la, Wikt:ferrum, ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 element, group 8 of the periodic table. It is, Abundanc ...

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 ...

gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile me ...

talc Talc, or talcum, is a clay mineral, composed of hydrated magnesium silicate with the chemical formula Mg3Si4O10(OH)2. Talc in powdered form, often combined with corn starch, is used as baby powder. This mineral is used as a thickening agent a ...

and

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Transport

The Provincial Highway S208 passes across the township.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Natao Townships of Hechi Divisions of Bama Yao Autonomous County