Baishui, Jishui County Explained

Baishui Town
Native Name:白水镇
Native Name Lang:zh-cn
Settlement Type:Town
Coordinates:27.0798°N 115.364°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Jiangxi
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Ji'an
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Jishui County.
Timezone1:China Standard
Utc Offset1:+8
Postal Code Type:Postal code

Baishui (白水镇, meaning white water) is a town in Jishui County, Ji'an Municipality, Jiangxi.

It has 11,000 residents in an area of .

History

Before Liberation, the town was known as Baishui Township (Chinese: 白水乡).

In 1951 part of its territory was used to form the new township of Dongying (东营, meaning east camp). Seven years later, as the 2nd 5-year plan (AKA Great Leap Forward) got underway, the two territories were recombined as Dongying.

Baishui was created as a People's commune in 1972, by the addition to Dongying Commune of two production brigades—Hengchuan and Chanxi—originally in Qiubei Commune.

Though differing from its pre-Liberation form in these additions, Baishui was made back into a township in 1984. It has been a town since 1993.

Administration

The town executive, CPC sub-branch and PSB sub-station (派出所, paichusuo) are in Baishui Neighbourhood (居委会, juweihui).

The town also runs 8 village committees :

Produce

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