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Baihe County () is located in the southeastern portion of
Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see #Name, § Name) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichu ...
province, China and is the easternmost
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under the jurisdiction of the
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of
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. It is by the eastern part of the
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and approaches the Han River on the north. On the east it borders Yun County (
Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...
), on the south
Zhushan County Zhushan County () is a county in Shiyan, northwestern Hubei province, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the north and Chongqing municipality to the south. The county spans an area of , and has a population of 417,079 as of 2010. Toponymy Em ...
(
Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...
), on the west
Xunyang County Xunyang (; formerly written as () until 1964) is a county-level city in the south of Shaanxi province, China, bordering Hubei province to the northeast and southeast. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Ankang. Its admi ...
, and is separated from
Yunxi County Yunxi County () is a county in the northwest of Hubei province, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the north and the west. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shiyan. The county spans a total area of , and has a populat ...
(Hubei) by the Han River. As of November 2020 the population was 162,774. Baihe is in the north subtropical to warm temperate transitional climatic zone, and is part of the continental seasonal monsoon climate zone. The average temperature is , average yearly sunlight 1753.8 hours, average rainfall , and has 234 to 261 frost-free days each year. Baihe was historically nicknamed "The Head of
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and the Tail of Wei." It is a largely rural county, populated mainly by
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. Baihe's main outside transportation connections are the Xiangyu Railway, National Highway 316 and the Shiyan–Tianshui Expressway.


Administrative divisions

As 2019, Longzihu County is divided to 11 towns. ;Towns


Climate


Culture

Baihe County's local folk customs include wood and stone carving and clam dancing.


References

{{authority control County-level divisions of Shaanxi Ankang