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About Bikou
Bikou Town (碧口镇) is a town under Wen County, in Longnan, Gansu. It is located along the Bailong River, just downstream of the Bikou Dam. In 2008 it had a population of 16,901.
From the Wikipedia article Bikou (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
History
Bikou has been mentioned in Southern Song dynasty poems and Han dynasty documents. Since the Ming dynasty it has been an important trading town, most of its merchants originating from Sichuan. Therefore the town has its own dialect based on Sichuanese dialect Its importance for trade originates from its location as the first navigable spot of the Yangtze basin, used for shipping Longnan's famous medicinal plants to eastern China, and along a main road between Gansu and Sichuan. Nowadays the town is home to industry and tea cultivation.
Together with neighbouring Zhongmiao town, it was the hardest hit area in Gansu from the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Most of the buildings and infrastructure were destroyed.
From the History section of Bikou on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Guangyuan Panlong Airport (GYS) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 58 km away.
- Zhongmiao 11 km east, about 11 min by car
- Fanba 12 km west, about 12 min by car
- Fengxiang 19 km north, about 19 min by car
- Yulei 24 km northwest, about 24 min by car
- Sancang 32 km north, about 32 min by car
- Luotang 36 km north, about 36 min by car
- Koutouba 35 km northwest, about 35 min by car
- Yuhe 36 km northeast, about 36 min by car
- Wuku 38 km northwest, about 38 min by car
- Wuma 40 km northeast, about 40 min by car
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