Chinese Cities with Over a Million Population
8. Baise, Guangxi - 3,466,800 The name of the city Baise was the Chinese Pinyin transliteration of its original name in Zhuang language, Baksaek, which probably means jammed (river) outlet. Baise is young by Chinese standards and was founded as a town in 1730. It is the town where Deng Xiaoping, Chen Haoren and other leaders of the Chinese Communist Party organized an uprising against the Nationalist government on December 11, 1929. The uprising was also named Youjiang Rebellion. Shown is the Baise bridge with a length of 63.736km, vehicle speed designed to be 100km/h and roadbed in width of 26m. Longlin-Tianlin Expressway of class 2 has a length of 26.3km. This project's road section responsible by CCCC Investment Company Ltd has a length of around 68km, and it was started in April 2008 and predicted to be completed in December 2011. Hi Res Pic (185K) City Area Location Next City ⇨Return to City List Page 1 |