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
 • Density116.59/km2 (301.98/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. At the end of 2024, the registered population of the city was 4,214,900, and the resident population of the city was 3,464,700, of which the urban resident population was 1,636 million, accounting for 47.22% of the resident population (the urbanization rate of the resident population).

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.