Baise | |
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— Prefecture-level city — | |
Location of Baise Prefecture within Guangxi | |
Country | China |
Province | Guangxi |
Area | |
• Total | 1,438.6 sq mi (3,726 km2) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 3,466,800 |
Time zone | China standard time (UTC+8) |
Postal code | 530000 |
Area code(s) | 776 |
Website | www.BaiSe.gov.cn |
Baise (Chinese: 百色; pinyin: Bósè (old) Bǎisè (new), Zhuang: Bagsaeg paːk˨˥ ɬɐk˦) is a prefecture-level city in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
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Baise is located in northwestern Guangxi bordering Guizhou and Yunnan provinces and Vietnam. It is centrally located between the three major southwestern capitals, Nanning, Kunming, and Guiyang. Its area is 3,726 km² and is more than 55% forested.
Baise has a monsoon-influenced, humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa), with short, mild, and dry winters, and long, very hot and humid summers. Monthly mean temperatures range from 13.4 °C (56.1 °F) in January to 28.4 °C (83.1 °F) in July, for an annual average of 22.0 °C (71.6 °F). There are significant temperature differences in the prefecture, as elevation is generally low in the east but high in the west, on the eastern fringes of the Yungui Plateau. The western parts of the prefecture, with an average elevation surpassing 500 metres, hold a climate similar to that of Central Yunnan, namely one with both low variations in seasonal temperature and low summer temperatures.
Climate data for Baise (1971-2000) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 18.2 (64.8) |
20.1 (68.2) |
24.6 (76.3) |
29.4 (84.9) |
31.8 (89.2) |
33.2 (91.8) |
33.8 (92.8) |
33.6 (92.5) |
31.9 (89.4) |
28.5 (83.3) |
24.2 (75.6) |
20.8 (69.4) |
27.51 (81.51) |
Average low °C (°F) | 10.2 (50.4) |
11.8 (53.2) |
15.3 (59.5) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.2 (75.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
19.1 (66.4) |
14.8 (58.6) |
10.8 (51.4) |
18.3 (64.9) |
Rainfall mm (inches) | 17.1 (0.673) |
21.4 (0.843) |
35.8 (1.409) |
61.4 (2.417) |
144.1 (5.673) |
180.4 (7.102) |
204.5 (8.051) |
182.3 (7.177) |
106.9 (4.209) |
70.6 (2.78) |
33.7 (1.327) |
12.4 (0.488) |
1,070.6 (42.15) |
% humidity | 76 | 74 | 72 | 72 | 75 | 78 | 80 | 81 | 80 | 79 | 78 | 75 | 76.7 |
Avg. rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.3 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 10.0 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 15.8 | 16.3 | 10.7 | 9.4 | 7.2 | 4.8 | 126.9 |
Sunshine hours | 82.9 | 78.1 | 113.8 | 141.2 | 163.9 | 165.0 | 190.1 | 194.8 | 177.7 | 147.1 | 125.1 | 126.1 | 1,705.8 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration |
The name of the city Baise was the Chinese Pinyin transliteration (bǎisè) of its original name in Zhuang language, Bagsaeg, which means the bank of a river for washing clothes. Baise is young by Chinese standards and was founded as a town in 1730. It is the town where Deng Xiaoping, Chen Haoren and other leaders of the Chinese Communist Party organized an uprising against the Nationalist government on December 11, 1929. The uprising was also named Youjiang Rebellion.
Baise has 1 urban district, 10 counties, and 1 autonomous county.
City District:
Counties:
Autonomous County:
Ethnic groups include Zhuang, Han, Yao, Hui, and Miao.
Baise is one of China's most important producers of aluminum with both aluminum ore mining and almuinum product manufacturing. Baise's tropical climate make it a major food producer, especially fruits. Other natural resources include forest products, petroleum, natural gas, copper, and quartz. Baise is also Guangxi's third biggest producer of hydropower with 5 million kilowats produced annually.
Baise is blessed with beautiful natural scenery. Forested mountains harbor numerous species of plants and animals. The border areas are some of the least developed lands left in China. These features along with unique ethnic minority culture and important historical sites make it a growing tourist destination.
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