Pingxiang, Guangxi
| Pingxiang 凭祥市 · Bingzsiengz Si | |
|---|---|
| County-level city | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guangxi |
| Prefecture | Chongzuo |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Pingxiang (Chinese: 凭祥市; pinyin: Píngxiáng Shì; Zhuang: Bingzsiengz Si) is a county-level city in the municipal region of Chongzuo in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Situation
The city covers an area of 650 km². It is bordered in the north by Longzhou County (Chinese: 龙州县) and in the east by Ningming County (Chinese: 宁明县), both in Chongzuo, and in the south and west by Vietnam.
National Route 322 comes through the city centre, as does the railway which continues on to Hanoi; a high-speed expressway, now also international, passes nearby.
Zhennan Pass, site of the Battle of Bang Bo during the Sino-French War, is now named the "Friendship Pass" and is considered the gateway to Vietnam.
There are also plans to build a high-speed railway from Nanning to the Vietnamese border.[1]
Administration
Demographics
Pingxiang has a population of approximately 106,400 (83.5% of the people belong to the Zhuang ethnic group, 2010).[2] Ethnic groups include Zhuang, Han, Yao, Miao, Jing, and others.
Towns (Chinese: 镇, zhen)
Township (Chinese: 乡, xiang)
- Puzhai (Chinese: 浦寨)
Transportation
Rail
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ "High-speed railway to boost trade". Retrieved 2011-02-19.
- ↑ Main data bulletin of the sixth national census in 2010/Chongzuo Statistics Bureau, 2011-07-21(Chinese)
Coordinates: 22°06′02″N 106°45′01″E / 22.10056°N 106.75028°E