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Bazhong

China

Watercolour of Bazhong, China. The "Red Army Capital" and city of rock grottoes in the Daba Mountains of northeastern Sichuan, with Nankan Grottoes and Nankan Mountain Forest Park.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Nankan Grottoes; Nankan Mountain Forest Park; Wangwanshan; Liangshui River; Micang Mountain; Sichuan; lush subtropical flora; Sichuan
Viewpoint
Favor an elevated viewpoint overlooking the river and Nankan Mountain toward the Daba/Micang mountain ranges, showing bamboo fronds and stone steps in the foreground, the river, stone bridges, and grotto cliff in the middle-ground, and the towering, misty green peaks rising in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the thick pine, cypress, and bamboo forests of the Micang Mountains and Nankan Mountain.
Guarded against
Not Chengdu, Chongqing, or Guangyuan
Population2,712,894Wikidata: 3,283,148
Coordinates31.87°N, 106.74°E
Elevation392 m
Area12,297 km²
Time zoneAsia/ShanghaiUTC+8
Solar noon12:53clock runs 0.9 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Bazhong and you surface nearest to Los Vilos, Chile — 166 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

DazhouCN100 km
NanchongCN134 km
HanzhongCN137 km
MianyangCN200 km
WanzhouCN200 km
ChongqingCN257 km
BaojiCN282 km
ChengduCN287 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Bazhong inside this atlas.

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