Baocheng () is a
town in southern
Hainan,
China
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, to the north of
Sanya. It is the county seat of
Baoting Li and Miao Autonomous County
Bǎotíng Li and Miao Autonomous County () is an autonomous county in Hainan, China. One of the six autonomous counties on the island, its postal code is 572300. Baoting spans an area of , and has a population of about 168,000 as of 2020.
Histor ...
. The
Baocheng River Baocheng may refer to
*Baocheng, Hainan, a town in Hainan, China
* Baocheng, Mian, a township in Mian County, Shaanxi, China
* Baocheng River, a river of Hainan
*Ji Baocheng
Ji Baocheng (; born November 1944) is a Chinese educator, and the former ...
flows through the town. The area is home to the Baocheng people, who belong to the
Qi people of the
Li ethnic group.
The town spans an area of , and has a population of 37,492, per a 2020 government publication.
Geography
Baocheng is located in the northeast of
Baoting Li and Miao Autonomous County
Bǎotíng Li and Miao Autonomous County () is an autonomous county in Hainan, China. One of the six autonomous counties on the island, its postal code is 572300. Baoting spans an area of , and has a population of about 168,000 as of 2020.
Histor ...
, from
Wuzhishan, and from
Sanya.
About 63,000
mu of the
town's area is
forested
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, and 15,727 mu is
arable.
Administrative divisions
Baocheng administers three
residential communities () and eight
administrative villages ().
Residential communities
Baocheng administers the following three residential communities:
* Chengbei Community ()
* Chengnan Community ()
* Rezuo Community ()
Villages
Baocheng administers the following eight administrative villages:
* Chaokang Village ()
* Fanwen Village ()
* Shihao Village ()
* Maojie Village ()
* Shipin Village ()
* Xipo VIllage ()
* Chuntian Village ()
* Shidong Village ()
Demographics
As of 2020, the
town's population is 37,492, comprising 13,128
households
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.
Of this, 22,383 people (59.70%) are ethnically
Li, and 1,430 (3.81%) are ethnically
Miao Miao may refer to:
* Miao people, linguistically and culturally related group of people, recognized as such by the government of the People's Republic of China
* Miao script or Pollard script, writing system used for Miao languages
* Miao (Unicode ...
.
References
Township-level divisions of Hainan
Populated places in Hainan
County seats in Hainan
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