Basuo

Basuo is a town on the west coast of Hainan Province, China. It is the administrative center of the county-level city of Dongfang; in other words, Basuo is Dongfang's main urban area, and Basuo's location is usually shown on less-detailed maps by a circle labeled "Dongfang".

Basuo 八所镇
Town
Basuo Location of the town in Hainan
Coordinates (Basuo government): 19°05′31″N 108°40′16″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hainan
County-level city	Dongfang
Elevation	11 m (35 ft)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	572600
Area code	0898

Basuo
Simplified Chinese	八所
Literal meaning	Eight Place
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bāsuǒ

History

Basuo's port has been the outlet for the Shilu iron-ore mine since the early 1940s, when it was first connected to Shilu by a narrow-gauge railway.^[1] The railway since been converted to the standard gauge, and is a part of the Hainan Western Ring Railway.

Basuo was one of the landing zones of communist forces during the Landing Operation on Hainan Island at the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1950.

Basuo Port

Basuo Port

A fishing and commercial port, Basuo operates under the UN/LOCODE CNBAS.^[2]