Yinchang Township, Xichang City, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province

Yinchang Township

Yinchang township is located in Shanyang County, Shaanxi Province. It was originally named dongjiagou, where silver was refined in the Qing Dynasty. The township is 65 kilometers away from the county. The total area is 39 square kilometers. Hekou, hejiachang, xiaguochang and dongjiagou are four villagers' committees and 23 Villagers' groups, which are distributed on both sides of the 16 km long valley.

In 2017, the administrative area was 24318 hectares, with 2701 permanent residents.

brief introduction

Yinchang Township, Shanyang County, Shaanxi Province, formerly known as dongjiagou, was renamed Yinchanggou after refining silver in the Qing Dynasty. Hejiachang is located in the city. The mountain is high, the land is narrow and the sunshine is short. Most of the crops are ripe once a year. The winding mountains beside the gully form dozens of stone gates, which makes you feel like the mountains are heavy and the waters are restored. Bamboo dense, fire paper production crown county. Iron pot has a long history.

geographical position

Yinchang township is located in the northwest corner of Xichang City, between 101 ° 45 ′ 5 ″ - 101 ° 58 ′ 11 ″ E and 27 ° 56 ′ 29 ″ - 28 ° 9 ′ 22 ″ n, 20 km wide from east to west, 23.8 km long from north to south, covering an area of 243.6 square kilometers. It is adjacent to Minsheng Township and Xiangshui Township in Xichang City in the East, Baima Township in the south, Yalong River in the west, Yanyuan County across the river, and Mianning County in the north.

Topography and hydrology

Yinchang township is a green barrier in the northwest corner of Xichang City with mountains and complex terrain. The highest altitude is 4085 meters, the lowest is 1400 meters, the relative elevation difference is 2685 meters, the forest land is 299788.9 mu, the natural grassland is 32942.5 mu, the cultivated land is 7109 mu, including 94 Mu of paddy field. there are "ganer Yimo" running through the whole Township, and "damulo River" and "mabolo River" as the foil. It is rich in water resources and has a large drop. It can be measured that 56000 kW hydropower stations (seven in total) can be built. At present, only 250 kW has been developed, and the utilization rate is only 0.5%.

Biology

The forest vegetation in Yinchang township is mainly composed of Pinus yunnanensis, as well as various valuable timber such as Cunninghamia lanceolata. there are more than 10 kinds of food crops, mainly including potato, corn, buckwheat and oats. Rice can be planted along the coast of Yalong River, the lowest altitude. animal husbandry: mainly pigs, buffaloes, cattle, yaks, mules, horses, goats, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, etc. Yinchang township is a natural wildlife park with a wide range of rare animals and birds, including black bear, red panda, monkey, wild boar, deer, Swertia, bison, hedgehog, pheasant, etc.

Population, nationality and administrative division

Yinchang Township governs 4 villages and 27 villager groups, belonging to the mixed community of Yi, Han and Tibetan Nationalities, with a permanent population of 2701 (2017). cultural quality: there are 474 primary school students, and the enrollment rate of school-age children is 99%. There are 152 young adults aged 15-48 in the township, including 222 primary school students, 140 junior high school students, 56 senior high school students and 56 technical secondary school students, and 12 university students. The non illiteracy rate of young adults is 96.02%.