Baise

Baise
百色市 • Bwzswz SiSingz Baksaek
Baise in 2013
Baise in 2013
Location of Baise in Guangxi
Location of Baise in Guangxi
Baise is located in China
Baise
Baise
Location in China
Coordinates (Baise municipal government): 23°54′11″N 106°37′08″E / 23.903°N 106.619°E / 23.903; 106.619
CountryPeople's Republic of China
RegionGuangxi
County-level divisions1 district
1 county-level city
9 counties
1 autonomous county
Municipal seatYoujiang District
Government
 • MayorZhou Yijue (周异决)
Area
 • Prefecture-level city36,252 km2 (13,997 sq mi)
Elevation
137 m (449 ft)
Population
 (2019)
 • Prefecture-level city4,226,800
 • Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,383,400
 [1]
GDP[2]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 156.9 billion
US$ 24.3 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 43,892
US$ 6,803
Time zoneUTC+08:00 (China Standard)
Postal code
530000
Area code0776
ISO 3166 codeCN-GX-10
Licence plate prefixes桂L
Websitebaise.gov.cn
Baise
Chinese name
Chinese百色
Literal meaninghundred colours
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBǎisè, Bósè[3]
Zhuang name
ZhuangBaksaek
1957 orthographyBɯƨsɯƨ

Baise (Chinese: 百色; pinyin: Bǎisè, Bósè; local pronunciation: paːk˧˥ ɬɐk˥), or Bose, is the westernmost prefecture-level city of Guangxi, China bordering Vietnam as well as the provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan. The city has a population of 4.3 million, of which 1.4 million live in the urban area.

The name is from Youjiang Zhuang Baksaek, meaning "in, or blocking, a mountain pass". The name Bwzswz is the Zhuang transliteration of the Chinese name.

  1. ^ "2021年[广西]百色市第七次人口普查人口数据和历史人口数据-红黑人口库2021年".
  2. ^ "广西统计年鉴-2021", tjj.gxzf.gov.cn
  3. ^ 教育部重編國語辭典修訂本 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 30 September 2019. 字詞 【百色縣】 注音 ㄅㄛˊ ㄙㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ 漢語拼音 bó sè xiàn 釋義 縣名。在廣西壯族自治區西部,今為百色市右江區。位於澄碧河入右江之口。陸路北通貴州,西通雲南,為三省區交通要衝。

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