Basuo is a

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on the west coast of

Hainan Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and most populous island in China,The island of Taiwan, which is slightly l ...

Province, China. It is the administrative center of the

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of Dongfang; in other words, Basuo is Dongfang's main urban area, and Basuo's location is usually shown on less-detailed maps by a circle labeled "Dongfang".

History

Basuo's port has been the outlet for the Shilu iron-ore mine since the early 1940s, when it was first connected to Shilu by a narrow-gauge railway. The railway since been converted to the

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, and is a part of the Hainan Western Ring Railway. Basuo was one of the landing zones of communist forces during the Landing Operation on Hainan Island at the end of the

Chinese Civil War The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, continuing intermittently since 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949 with a Communist victory on main ...

in 1950.

Basuo Port

A fishing and commercial port, Basuo operates under the UN/LOCODE CNBAS.

References

Populated places in Hainan County seats in Hainan {{Hainan-geo-stub