Baihe County is located in the southeastern portion of Shaanxi Province and is under the jurisdiction of Ankang City

Ankang

Ankang is a city in Shaanxi province, China.- Geography :Ankang is geographically considered to be part of southern China. However, on administrative terms, as Shaanxi is officially part of Northwestern China, it is considered to be part of the Northwest....

. It is by the eastern part of the Daba Mountains

Daba Mountains

Daba Mountains, or Dabashan is a mountain range in Central China, north of the Yangtze River.-Geography:The Daba Mountains run in the general west-northwest to east-southeast direction, along the border between, on the one side Sichuan and Chongqing, and on the other side Shaanxi and Hubei...

 and approaches the Han River on the north. On the east it borders Hubei Province's Yun County

Yun County, Hubei

Yun County is a county of Hubei, China. It is under the administration of Shiyan city....

, on the south Hubei Province's Zhushan County

Zhushan County

Zhushan County is a county under jurisdiction of Shiyan City, Hubei Province, China.It has population of 440,000, an area of 3,590 km2....

, on the west Shaanxi Province's Xunyang County

Xunyang County

Xunyang County is a county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China....

, and is separated from Hubei Province's Yunxi County

Yunxi County

Yunxi County is a county of Hubei, China. It is under the administration of Shiyan city....

 by a river.

Baihe County is approximately the area from E 109°37 to 110°10' and N 32°34' to 32°55'. It is in the north subtropical to warm temperate transitional climactic zone, and is part of the continental seasonal monsoon climate zone. The average temperature is 12.2℃ - 16.5℃, average yearly sunlight 1753.8 hours, average rainfall 787.5 millimeters, and has 234 to 261 frost-free days each year.

Baihe was historically nicknamed "The Head of Qin

Qin (state)

The State of Qin was a Chinese feudal state that existed during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods of Chinese history...

 and the Tail of Wei

Wei (state)

The State of Wei was a Zhou Dynasty vassal state during the Warring States Period of Chinese history. Its territory lay between the states of Qin and Qi and included parts of modern day Henan, Hebei, Shanxi and Shandong...

." It is a largely rural county, populated mainly by Han Chinese

Han Chinese

Han Chinese are an ethnic group native to China and are the largest single ethnic group in the world.Han Chinese constitute about 92% of the population of the People's Republic of China , 98% of the population of the Republic of China , 78% of the population of Singapore, and about 20% of the...

. Divisions contained in Baihe County are: Chengguan Town, Zhongchang Town, Gouba Town, Kazi Town, Maoping Town, Songjia Town, Xiying Town, Cangshang Town, Lengshui Town, as well as Sixi Village, Taoyuan Village, Shuanghe Village, Xiaoshuang Village, Dashuang Village, and Mahu Village.

Baihe's main outside transportation connection is the Xiangyu Railway

Xiangyu Railway

The Xiangyang-Chongqing Railway or Xiangyu Railway , also known as the Xiangfan-Chongqing Railway and Xiangyu Line , is a single-track electrified railroad in central China between the cities of Xiangyang, formerly known as Xiangfan, and Chongqing. The short form name for Chongqing is Yu and the...

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