Baise
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.
Baise
百色市 • Bwzswz Si•Singz Baksaek | |
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Baise in 2013 | |
Location of Baise in Guangxi | |
Baise Location in China | |
| Coordinates (Baise municipal government): 23°54′11″N 106°37′08″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Guangxi |
| County-level divisions | 1 district 1 county-level city 9 counties 1 autonomous county |
| Municipal seat | Youjiang District |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Zhou Yijue (周异决) |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 36,252 km2 (13,997 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 137 m (449 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 4,226,800 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,383,400 |
| Time zone | UTC+08:00 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 530000 |
| Area code | 0776 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-GX-10 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 桂L |
| Website | baise |
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Chinese | 百色 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | hundred colours | ||||||
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| Zhuang name | |||||||
| Zhuang | Baksaek | ||||||
| 1957 orthography | Bɯƨsɯƨ | ||||||
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.
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