Pingxiang () is a

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under the administration of the

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Chongzuo Chongzuo (; ) is a prefecture-level city in the south of Guangxi, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region near the Sino-Vietnamese border. It is home to one of China's largest Zhuang people, Zhuang populations. Geography and climate Chongzuo is locate ...

, in the southwest of the

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, China.

Situation

The city covers an area of . It is bordered in the north by Longzhou County and in the east by Ningming County, both in Chongzuo, and in the south and west by Vietnam's Lạng Sơn Province. National Route 322 comes through the city centre, as does the railway which continues on to

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; a high-speed expressway, now also international, passes nearby. Zhennan Pass, site of the Battle of Bang Bo during the

Sino-French War The Sino-French or Franco-Chinese War, also known as the Tonkin War, was a limited conflict fought from August 1884 to April 1885 between the French Third Republic and Qing China for influence in Vietnam. There was no declaration of war. The C ...

, is now named the "Friendship Pass" and is considered the gateway to Vietnam. There are also plans to build a

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from

Nanning Nanning; is the capital of the Guangxi, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in South China, southern China. It is known as the "Green City (绿城) " because of its abundance of lush subtropical foliage. Located in the South of Guangxi, Nanning ...

to the Vietnamese border.

Demographics

Pingxiang has a population of approximately 106,400 (83.5% of the people belong to the Zhuang ethnic group, 2010). Ethnic groups include Zhuang, Han, Yao,

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, Jing, and others.

Administrative divisions

Pingxiang is divided into 4 towns: * Pingxiang () * Shangshi () * Xiashi () * Youyi ()

Transportation

Rail

* Hunan–Guangxi Railway

Climate

Notes and references

County-level divisions of Guangxi China–Vietnam border crossings Chongzuo Cities in Guangxi {{Guangxi-geo-stub