Baoting Li and Miao Autonomous County

Bǎotíng Li and Miao Autonomous County is an autonomous county in Hainan, China. One of the six autonomous counties on the island, its postal code is 572300. Baoting spans an area of 1153.24 km2, and has a population of about 168,000 as of 2020.

History
The area has been referred to as Baoting since at least the Ming dynasty. Baoting was first incorporated as a county in 1935.

Baoting fell under control of the People's Liberation Army in February 1948.

Climate
Baoting has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am).wintereachlyaveragehighesttemperature exceeds 26°C(78.8°F) and the rainy season is long. Because it is blocked by Wuzhishan Mountain, cold air cannot easily invade. The climate is warm all year round. The Qixianling Forest Park within the territory has given birth to large areas of tropicalmountainous region al rainforest

Administrative divisions
The autonomous county administers one residential community, six towns , and three townships.

Residential communities
The autonomous county directly administers one residential community, which are typically governed by township-level divisions: Xinxing Community.

Towns
The autonomous county administers the following six towns:


 * Baocheng

Townships
The autonomous county administers the following three townships:



Demographics
As of 2020, Baoting's population totaled about 168,000. In 1999 the county had a population of 155,575, largely made up of the indigenous Li people and Miao people.

62.4% of the autonomous county's population is ethnically Li, 30.2% is ethnically Han, 4.5% is ethnically Miao, and 2.9% belong to other ethnic groups.

Economy
The autonomous county's gross domestic product totaled 5.627 billion renminbi (RMB) as of 2020. As of 2020, urban residents have an annual per capita disposable income of 33,564 RMB, a figure which totaled 14,067 RMB for rural residents; these figures grew by 3.2% and 8.8% in 2020, respectively.

Baoting has a large agricultural sector, and crops grown in the autonomous county include rambutan, mangosteen, katuk, okra, and passion fruit.