Pingguo (; ) is a city of west-central
Guangxi
Guangxi,; officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Hà Giang Province, Hà Giang, Cao Bằn ...
, China. It is the easternmost
county-level division
The administrative divisions of China have consisted of several levels since 1412, due to mainland China's large population and geographical area. In the People's Republic of China, the constitution provides for three levels of government. Ho ...
of the
prefecture-level city
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of
Baise. Two thirds of the population are
Zhuang.
It was formed in 2019 when Pingguo County was upgraded to the
county-level city
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Pingguo. Pingguo County was formed in 1952 as a merger of Pingzhi and Guode County. Guode County was formed by the merger of Guohua Town and Guide Town which have been recorded as towns during the Song Dynasty and were part of Tianzhou, present day
Tianyang District.
The Pingguo Industry Park hosts an important part of China's
aluminum
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industry. 17% of China's proven
bauxite
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reserves are found in Pingguo.
Since 2009, an
ITF international tennis tournament has been held annually in Pingguo.
Administrative divisions
There are nine towns and three townships in the city:
Towns:
*
Matou (),
Xin'an (),
Guohua (),
Taiping (),
Pozao (),
Sitang (),
Jiucheng (),
Bangxu (),
Fengwu Town ()
Townships:
*
Haicheng Township (),
Liming Township (),
Tonglao Township ()
Climate
See also
*
Pingguoyuan (disambiguation)
References
External links
Counties and cities in Baise
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