Baisha () is a town of

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. , it has one residential community and 6 villages under its administration. As of the 2018 census it had a population of 15,000 and an area of .

Administrative division

As of 2016, the town is divided into one community and six villages: * Baisha Community () * Jingshan () * Mujiang () * Jiling () * Qingtian () * Chaqing () * Pingjiang ()

Geography

It lies at the southeastern of

, bordering

Zhongshan County Zhongshan County (; ) is a county in the northeast of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the China, People's Republic of ...

to the south and southwest, Lianshan Town to the north and northwest, and

Jianghua Yao Autonomous County Jianghua ( "''Jianghua Yao Autonomous County''", ; usually referred to as "''Jianghua County''", ) is an autonomous county of Yao people in the Province of Hunan, China. It is under the administration of Yongzhou Prefecture-level City. Located ...

to the east. The Baisha River flows through the town north to south.

Economy

The principal industries in the town are agriculture, forestry and mineral resources. Significant crops include grains, ''

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'', ''

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'', and

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. The region also has an abundance of

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Transportation

The

China National Highway 207 China National Highway 207 (G207) runs from Ulanhot, Inner Mongolia to Hai'an, Guangdong. It is in length and runs south from Xilinhot through Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Guangxi, and ends in Guangdong. Route and distance ...

passes across the town north to south.

References

Bibliography

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baisha Towns of Hezhou