Pingguo County, located in the southwest of Guangxi, belongs to Baise City and is the east gate of Baise City. The county covers an administrative area of 2,485 square kilometers, governs 8 towns and 4 townships 18 1 administrative villages (communities), mainly inhabited by Zhuang, Han, Yao, Miao and other ethnic groups, with a population of 507,800 at the end of 20 10. The county covers an area of 30,800 hectares of cultivated land, 27,000 hectares of sown grain, 6,543,800 hectares of cash crops, 6,543,800 hectares of woodland and 53.5% of forest coverage. From 2003 to 2005, it was rated as one of the top ten counties in Guangxi's economic development for three consecutive years, and from 20065438+0 to 2009, it was ranked as one of the top 100 counties in the west for nine consecutive years. In 2009, it was selected as "Top Small and Medium-sized Cities with the Most Regional Influence in China 100" for the first time.
The urban area has expanded from 14.6 square kilometers in 2005 to 210.5 square kilometers, and the urban population has increased from108,000 to150,000, with an urbanization rate of 37.95%.