Mailing, Fuchuan County

Mailing (simplified Chinese: 麦岭镇; traditional Chinese: 麥嶺鎮; pinyin: Màilǐng Zhèn) is a town in Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County, Guangxi, China.^[1] As of the 2018 census it had a population of 26,000 and an area of 207-square-kilometre (80 sq mi).

Mailing 麦岭镇
Town
Mailing Location in Guangxi
Coordinates: 25°03′45″N 111°19′20″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Autonomous Region	Guangxi
Prefecture-level city	Hezhou
Autonomous county	Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County
Area
• Total	207 km2 (80 sq mi)
Population  (2018)
• Total	26,000
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+08:00 (China Standard)
Postal code	542704
Area code	0774

Administrative division

As of 2016, the town is divided into one community and thirteen villages:

• Mailing Community (麦岭社区)
• Mailing (麦岭村)
• Changchun (长春村)
• Daba (大坝村)
• Xinzao (新造村)
• Xiaotian (小田村)
• Xiulin (秀林村)
• Gaoqiao (高桥村)
• Yongquan (涌泉村)
• Yuetang (月塘村)
• Cunhuang (村黄村)
• Jintian (金田村)
• Hemu (和睦村)
• Sanmin (三民村)

History

In 1996 it was upgraded to a town.

Geography

The town is situated at the northeastern Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County. It is bordered to the north by Jiangyong County, to the east by Shijia Township, to the south by Gepo Town, and to the west by Chaodong Town.

The Changchun Reservoir (长春水库) is a reservoir located in the town, which provides drinking water and water for irrigation.

The Mailing Stream (麦岭河), Jintian Stream (金田河), Fujiang River (富江河) and Gongtang Stream (巩塘河) flow through the town.

Economy

The main industries in and around the town are forestry and farming. Commercial crops include tobacco, peanut and Camellia oleifera.

Transportation

The town is connected to two highways: the China National Highway G538 and the S13 Zhongshan County–Fuchuan County Expressway.

References

1. Xia Zhenlin 2007, pp. 54–55.

Bibliography

• Xia Zhenlin, ed. (2007). "Administrative divisions" 行政区划. 《富川瑶族自治县概况》 [General Situation of Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County] (in Chinese). Beijing: Nationalities Publishing House. ISBN 978-7-105-08613-9.