Babao Town, Guangnan County, Yunnan Province

Babao town

Babao town is located in the southeast of Guangnan County, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, 83 km (Guangba line) or 114 km (Expressway) away from Guangnan County, 25 km away from Funing County and 21 km away from Funing high speed railway station. It is close to Funing County in the southeast, Nanping Town in the West and banbeng and Yangliujing townships in the north.

Town profile

Babao town is located in the southeast of Guangnan County, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, 83 km (Guangba line) or 114 km (Expressway) away from the county. It is close to Funing County in the southeast, Nanping Town in the West and banbeng and Yangliujing townships in the north, with an altitude of 1100-1300 meters and an average annual temperature of 17 ℃. The town covers an area of 569 square kilometers, has jurisdiction over 16 village committees, 248 natural villages and 278 village groups, inhabiting nine ethnic groups, including Han, Zhuang, Miao, Yi and Yao. With a permanent population of 71747 (2017), babaomi is the origin of babaomi in Yunnan Province and the main grain producing area in the prefecture. Babaomi is rated as one of the six famous rice in Yunnan Province.

Babao town has unique geographical advantages and natural resources advantages. It has beautiful mountains and rivers, pleasant climate and rich products. It has the titles of "China's babaogongmi town" and "little Guilin on the plateau". National Highway 323 and hengkun Expressway cross the town. The Yunnan Guangxi railway under construction crosses the border. It is the "East Gate" from Wenshan Prefecture and Guangnan County to Guangdong, Guangdong and coastal areas. Babao town was approved as a provincial scenic spot by the provincial people's Government in 1988, a provincial nature reserve in 1999, a central small town in Yunnan Province in 2002, an ecological town and one of 60 tourist towns in Yunnan Province in 2005, a provincial civilized small town in 2009, one of 210 Characteristic Towns in Yunnan Province in 2011, and a tourist town in 2013 Approved as a national key construction town, it was rated as livable village in Yunnan Province in 2015.

Historical evolution

Babao, formerly known as Babao, has a long history. As early as 5000 to 10000 years ago, ancient ancestors developed and multiplied here in the Paleolithic age. In the pre Qin period, it was an ancient tribal territory such as Liao and PU. In the Han Dynasty, it belonged to junguting county. In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, it belonged to Xinggu county. In the Tang Dynasty, it was under the jurisdiction of Liao Zibu Guangnan mansion. In the 29th year of the Republic of China, it was renamed Babao. In 1958, the people's Government of Wenshan Prefecture was established and subordinate to Guangnan County.

The geographical position of the eight treasures is very important, and it is a must for military strategists of all dynasties. In Tang and Song Dynasties, it was an important post station of Temo ancient road, which Yongzhou government relied on to rule Guangnan. It was also an important channel from Nanzhao and Dali to Guangdong and Guangxi. As an important part of "Gouding ancient country", the ancestors of past dynasties created the traditional culture with Zhuang culture as the main feature on this land, leaving many historical sites and folk customs.

geographical position

Babao town is located in the northeast of Wenshan Prefecture and the southeast of Guangnan County, 200 kilometers away from Wenshan city and 83 kilometers away from Guangnan County. It is close to Funing County in the southeast, Nanping Town in the West and banbeng and Yangliujing townships in the north. It is located at 105 east longitude. 19'～105。 36 ', 23 n. 36'～23。 It has a mid subtropical monsoon climate, with an altitude of 1100-1300 meters, an average annual temperature of 17 ℃, an average annual rainfall of 1100 mm, a frost free period of 335 days, an average annual sunshine of 1865 hours, and a land area of 569 square kilometers. National Highway 323 and hengkun Expressway cross the market towns, and the Yunnan Guangxi railway under construction is the "East Gate" of Wenshan Prefecture and Guangnan County to Guangdong, Guangxi and coastal areas.

District Population

The town governs 16 village committees, 234 natural villages and 273 village groups, including Balong, Babao, Bajia, Heye, Banmu, Baile, yangliushu, Jiaba, Jiaobo, BAHA, sugarcane garden, Laozhai, Pingyi, Legong, ruse and shadou. Nine ethnic groups, including Han, Zhuang, Miao, Yi, Yao, Hui, Mongolian, Dai and Gelao, live in the town, with a permanent population of 71747 (2017).

resources

The town has a land area of 569 square kilometers, with 39143 hectares of forest, 36200 mu of artificial afforestation, 5058 mu of low efficiency forest transformation, with a forest coverage rate of 43.5%; the total area of cultivated land is 54572 mu, including 22279 mu of farmland and 32293 mu of dry land; it belongs to the monsoon climate zone of the mid subtropical plateau, with 26 rivers and one main river (Babao River), with an altitude of 790 m to 1500 m, The annual average temperature is 18.4 ℃, and the annual total rainfall is 1260.4 mm. The frost free period is 348 days and 1656 hours per year. Babao town was rated as a provincial scenic spot as early as 1988, a provincial nature reserve in 1999, a central small town in Yunnan Province in 2002, an ecological town and one of 60 tourist towns in Yunnan Province in 2005, a provincial civilized small town in 2009, one of 201 Characteristic Towns in Yunnan Province in 2011, and a national tourist town in 2013 In 2014, it was rated as a state-level livable Town, in 2015, it was rated as a livable village in Yunnan Province, and in 2016, it was selected as one of the "top ten new tourism landmarks in Yunnan Province".

ethnic customs

Babao Zhuang people have lived close to mountains and rivers for generations. They have a splendid rice culture and cultivated Babao Gongmi, which is famous all over the country. Zhuang people respect their ancestors, worship nature, simple customs and complete etiquette. The children of the Zhuang family are good at singing and dancing. They are skillful in heart and hand. The Zhuang brocade and silver ornaments produced by them are of excellent craftsmanship, low price and good quality, and are deeply loved by customers. There are many and unique traditional festivals and celebrations of the Zhuang nationality, such as horse racing festival, flower street festival, river Lantern Festival and new rice Festival. Lion dance, dragon playing, stilt walking, flower boat and oyster playing, and river lantern playing are exciting and interesting. Ethnic snacks such as rice flower, rice dumpling cake, Bashang chicken, hot and sour catfish, duck stewed glutinous rice and so on have unique flavor. You will be intoxicated with the rich and elegant Zhuang culture.

Economic situation

In 2015, 73 farmers' professional cooperatives were established in the town, with 2122 registered households and 39.216 million yuan of registered capital. The scale of cooperatives led by babaogongmi, najuanmang, gudiemeng, Kexing vegetables and Mabu cattle raising has been growing. The main industries of farmers' income increase include babaoyouzhi rice, breeding, vegetables, native honey and economic fruits. The planting area of crops reaches 189700 mu, and the grain yield has increased The total output of food is more than 35000 tons, the total income of rural economy is 713.2 million yuan, the per capita net income of farmers is 8348 yuan, the net income of rural economy is 597.75 million yuan, the deposit is 680 million yuan, and the loan is 250 million yuan. There are 914 self-employed households and private enterprises in the town, with a total output value of 408.6 million yuan, taxes of 80 million yuan and total income of 425.43 million yuan. There are 21 industrial and mining enterprises, with a total output value of 293.58 million yuan and a total income of 310.41 million yuan. A total of 170000 tourists were received throughout the year, with a comprehensive tourism income of more than 190 million yuan. There are 8026 poor people (income below 2855 yuan) and 7528 people in 6392 households who receive the rural minimum living allowance.

infrastructure

Babao has 35 kilometers of expressways, 32.6 kilometers of national highway 323, 32 kilometers of provincial highway Abao, 30 kilometers of county road baban, 700 kilometers of Township Road and 59 kilometers of rural road changing. The access rate of administrative villages and village groups is 100%, The natural village and household electricity rates are 100% and 98% respectively, the village committee network rate is 100%, the mobile communication network administrative village and natural village coverage rates are 100% and 88% respectively, the fixed telephone household rate is 32%, the broadband household rate is 20%, the mobile phone penetration rate is 90%, the radio and television population coverage rate is 97%, and the cable television user household rate is 87%; there are four reservoirs, namely one medium-sized reservoir Babao reservoir (storage capacity 23%) There are 13 ponds and 2860 small water cellars, and the degree of water conservancy has reached 45%.

Social and market town construction

There are 47 schools in the town (including 2 junior and senior middle schools, 30 primary schools and 15 kindergartens), 777 teachers (including 220 in Guangsan middle school, 116 in Zhenzhong middle school, 351 in Zhenzhong central school and 90 in preschool education), 13674 students (including 2980 in Guangsan middle school, 1408 in Zhenzhong middle school, 7438 in primary school and 1848 in kindergarten), 1 health center, 16 village clinics and 158 students in total There were 46 medical staff and 46 village doctors. Efforts will be made to promote tourism real estate projects (babaomi tourism commodity comprehensive trading center, Gouding town leisure tourism resort, Zhuang catering street, Babao business street second entrance project) and focus on building "two sides of the river" central market towns (livable homes, home appliances and furniture city, Jiulong farmers' market); repair town streets, install solar street lamps, build new bridges for passenger transport and wind and rain protection In order to improve the environment of the town, we should build a truck parking lot, dredge the drainage system of the town, demarcate the parking line, purchase the garbage cleaning equipment, set up a law enforcement squadron, standardize the management order of the town, and operate the cleaning work of the town as a company. We should strengthen land management in key areas, guide and standardize farmers to build houses, severely crack down on violations of laws and regulations in the planning area, steadily promote urbanization, and increase the built-up area of market towns

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