| Baoshan | |
| Native Name: | 保山市 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh |
| Settlement Type: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Yunnan |
| Seat Type: | Admin HQ |
| Seat: | Longyang |
| Area Total Km2: | 19064.6 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 2,506,491 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type2: | GDP[1] |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Total |
| Demographics2 Info1: | CN¥ 126.2 billion US$ 18.6 billion |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Per capita |
| Demographics2 Info2: | CN¥ 52,438 US$ 7,734 |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| Coordinates: | 25.112°N 99.161°W |
| Coor Pinpoint: | Baoshan municipal government |
| Elevation M: | 1677 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 678000 |
| Area Code: | 0875 |
| Iso Code: | CN-YN-05 |
| Registration Plate: | Chinese: 云M |
Baoshan (;), historically also Yongchang, is a prefecture-level city in western Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China. Baoshan is the second-biggest metropolitan area in western Yunnan after Dali.
Baoshan is located between the border of Burma and the Lancang river (Mekong); specifically it borders the Burmese states of Kachin to the northwest and Shan to the south. The Nujiang (Salween River) flows through the entire length of the prefecture, north to south.
Tempered by the low latitude and moderate elevation, Baoshan has a mild subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb), with short, mild, dry winters and warm, rainy summers. Frost may occur in winter but the days still generally warm up to around 16to, with a January average of . The warmest month is June, which averages . Nearly three quarters of the annual rainfall occurs from June to October.
The city-prefecture of Baoshan has jurisdiction over five subdivisions — a district, one county-level city and three counties.
| Map | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2010) | Area (km2) | Density (/km2) | |
| Longyang District | Chinese: 隆阳区 | Lóngyáng Qū | 935,618 | 5,011 | 187 | |
| Chinese: 腾冲市 | Téngchōng Shì | 644,765 | 5,845 | 110 | ||
| Shidian County | Chinese: 施甸县 | Shīdiàn Xiàn | 305,223 | 2,009 | 152 | |
| Longling County | Chinese: 龙陵县 | Lónglíng Xiàn | 277,319 | 2,884 | 96 | |
| Changning County | Chinese: 昌宁县 | Chāngníng Xiàn | 343,566 | 3,888 | 88 | |
Tengyue, the other major populated area in the county, successfully lobbied for and achieved city status in 2015-16 and is currently in the process of separating itself and the surrounding Tengchong area from Baoshan administratively.
The prefecture has about 2.5 million inhabitants.
Among the resident population, the population of Han is 2,248,140, accounting for 89.69%; the population of ethnic minorities is 258,351, accounting for 10.31%.
| National name | Others | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 2248140 | 81524 | 45890 | 43049 | 34423 | 12436 | 10580 | 9834 | 4833 | 4204 | 11578 | |
| Proportion of total population (%) | 89.69 | 3.25 | 1.83 | 1.72 | 1.37 | 0.50 | 0.42 | 0.39 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.46 | |
| Proportion of minority population (%) | --- | 31.56 | 17.76 | 16.66 | 13.32 | 4.81 | 4.10 | 3.81 | 1.87 | 1.63 | 4.48 |
According to the Baoshan Ethnic Gazetteer (2006:337), ethnic Bulang are distributed in the following villages within Baoshan City.
The Yaojing, a subgroup of the De'ang, are located in Baizhai (Chinese: 白寨), Laxian (Chinese: 拉线), and Dagoubian (Chinese: 大沟边) of Mangyan Village (Chinese: 芒颜村) and Shiti Village (Chinese: 石梯村) in Lujiang Township (Chinese: 潞江乡), Longyang District (Baoshan Ethnic Gazetteer 2006:490-491).
Baoshan lies on the main road from Ruili on the Burmese border to Kunming. The Baoshan−Kunming section is completed highway, and the Baoshan-Ruili part was completed in 2016, finalizing the highway net crossing Yunnan east-to-west. It is the first finished highway between China and Myanmar.
Baoshan Yunrui Airport has daily flights to and from Kunming.
The currently under construction Dali–Ruili railway will pass through Baoshan. Baoshan railway station will handle passenger services while Baoshan North will handle freight.