Baise

Baise
百色市 • Bwzswz SiSingz Baksaek
Baise in 2013
Location of Baise in Guangxi
Baise
Location in China
Coordinates (Baise municipal government): 23°54′11″N 106°37′08″E / 23.903°N 106.619°E / 23.903; 106.619
CountryPeople's Republic of China
RegionGuangxi
County-level divisions1 district
1 county-level city
9 counties
1 autonomous county
Municipal seatYoujiang District
Government
  MayorZhou Yijue (周异决)
Area
36,252 km2 (13,997 sq mi)
Elevation
137 m (449 ft)
Population
 (2019)
4,226,800
  Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
  Urban
1,383,400
 
GDP
  Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 156.9 billion
US$ 24.3 billion
  Per capitaCN¥ 43,892
US$ 6,803
Time zoneUTC+08:00 (China Standard)
Postal code
530000
Area code0776
ISO 3166 codeCN-GX-10
Licence plate prefixes桂L
Websitebaise.gov.cn
Baise
Chinese name
Chinese百色
Literal meaninghundred colours
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBǎisè, Bósè
Zhuang name
ZhuangBaksaek
1957 orthographyBɯƨsɯƨ

Baise (Chinese: 百色; pinyin: Bǎisè, Bósè; local pronunciation: paːk˧˥ ɬɐk˥), or Bose, is the westernmost prefecture-level city of Guangxi, China bordering Vietnam as well as the provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan. The city has a population of 4.3 million, of which 1.4 million live in the urban area.

The name is from Youjiang Zhuang Baksaek, meaning "in, or blocking, a mountain pass". The name Bwzswz is the Zhuang transliteration of the Chinese name.