Baiwan Township, malkang City, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province

Baiwan Township

Baiwan township is under the jurisdiction of markang County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. It is located in the southwest of the county, 33 kilometers away from the county, with an area of 263.26 square kilometers and a population of 2575 (2017). National Highway 317 passes through. It has nine village committees, namely, seli, Jiada, muerji, Shiguang, raoba, yingguoluo, dashidang, Wengu and nianke. Baiwan township was established in 1956, changed to Baiwan commune in 1966, and restored to Baiwan Township in 1984.

brief introduction

Baiwan township is located in the northwest of Sichuan Province, China. Malkang town is the transportation and trade center of Northwest Sichuan. With an area of 263.26 square kilometers and a population of 2575 in 2017, it is a Tibetan inhabited area. "Markang" in Tibetan means a place full of fire. In the past, it was under the jurisdiction of four chieftains: Xiaomo, zhuokeji, Songgang and dangba. In 1953, the markang office was established. In 1955, the markang county was established. In 1958, the government of the prefecture moved here, becoming the seat of the people's Government of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. It is a high mountain and gorge zone in the south of Northwest Sichuan Plateau. The area of mountain plain is about 65%, and that of high mountain and gorge is about 35%. The climate is cool in summer and cold in winter with four distinct seasons. The average annual precipitation is 753mm and the average annual temperature is 8.6 ℃. Agriculture and forestry.

Economics

Industries include agricultural machinery, pharmaceutical, food, printing, matches, electricity, wood processing, etc. There are more than 80 kinds of ethnic products such as ethnic clothing, leather products, Tibetan furniture, ethnic jewelry and hardware products. Agriculture mainly produces highland barley, wheat, etc. Forestry specialties include spruce, birch, Tricholoma matsutake, Fritillaria and Cordyceps. Local products for cattle and sheep skin. The historic site zhuokeji Tusi GuanZhai has been listed as a national key cultural relic protection unit in China.

Geography

Located in the middle of the Autonomous Prefecture. It borders Hongyuan and Lixian in the East, Jinchuan and Xiaojin in the south, zangtang in the West and Hongyuan and ABA in the north. The geographical coordinates are 30 ° 35 '- 32 ° 24' n and 101 ° 17 '- 102 ° 41' E. It is 134 kilometers long from east to west and 90 kilometers wide from north to south, covering an area of 263.26 square kilometers. Located in the northwest of Sichuan Basin, the eastern part of Qinghai Tibet Plateau and the northern part of Qionglai mountains, it belongs to the plateau canyon area. The terrain is irregular rectangle, and the terrain gradually decreases from northeast to southwest. It is located in the intersection area of Longmenshan fault zone, Xianshuihe fault zone and Songpan block. The geological structure is complex, and the strata are mainly Triassic sandstone, slate and metamorphic rock. The altitude of the highest peak is about 5000 meters, and the altitude of the lowest valley is about 2300 meters. With continuous mountains and steep valleys, the suomo river flows from the eastern part of the county to the confluence of the rejiao River and the jiaomuzu River, with a flow length of 91 km. Chabao river originates from DAQINGPING in the north of suohemo Township, and flows into jiaomuzu River from east to west at longtoutan, with a length of 67 km. The jiaomuzu River (maerqu River and caodeng River) originates in Bama County, Qinghai Province. It flows from aba county to the northwest. After the confluence of Kerin and Duke River, it flows into Jinchuan county through dangba, with a length of 124 km. The main climate features are: obvious dry rainy season, unclear four seasons, no summer in most areas, abundant sunshine, large temperature difference and strong wind in dry season. The annual average temperature is 8-9 ° C, the annual rainfall is about 753 mm, the sunshine is more than 1500 hours, and the absolute frost free period is about 120 days. The main soil types are mountain grey cinnamon soil, mountain brown soil, mountain brown soil, mountain brown cinnamon soil and mountain meadow soil.

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