Boke Township, Muli Tibetan Autonomous County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province

Boke Township

Boke township is under the jurisdiction of Muli Tibetan Autonomous County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. Boke township is located in the middle of Muli County, between 100 ° 53 ′ 36 ″ - 101 ° 3 ′ 55 ″ E and 27 ° 59 ′ 06 ″ - 28 ° 3 ′ 01 ″ n. It is adjacent to Keer Township in the East, Taoba Township in the west, Maoniuping Township in the south, guzeng Township and Rangbai ranch in the north. The township governs 4 administrative villages and 23 villager groups, with a total of 4801 people (2017).

General situation

There are eight ethnic groups, including Tibetan, Han, Yi, Mongolian, Miao, Zhuang, Susu and Naxi. The total area of the township is 336.42 square kilometers. The township government is located in Boke group 3, Boke village, 2250 meters above sea level, 95 kilometers away from the county seat and 19 kilometers away from Wachang district. It is the only way to enter Wachang district and chabulang district.

Historical evolution

Boke township was set up in 1953, taobo commune was established by merging with Taoba Township in 1958, Boke commune was established in 1962, and township was restored in 1983.

natural resources

Boke Tibetan "bukedi" transliteration means the place where the sun comes out first. The highest altitude is 4401 meters, the lowest is 1880 meters, and the average altitude is about 2600 meters. Muli river flows through the countryside from northwest to Southeast, and Qianshan river flows into Muli River from northeast to southwest at the foot of Kesi mountain. The average annual temperature is 13.7 ℃, the frost free period is about 240 days, and the annual precipitation is 830 mm. the total installed capacity of Lizhou power station under construction in Boke township is 348800 kW, with a total investment of 340 million yuan. Bake village in Boke township has silver, copper and other non-ferrous metals and associated mineral deposits. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Yunnan merchants and local farmers once mined, and the existing cave relics, of which the silver ore grade is high; the highland barley fields in shangbula and bake villages in rigu village are rich in crystal resources, and the theoretical reserves are more than 1000 tons.

economic development

Boke Township township enterprises have wood processing, building materials, mushroom processing plants. Agriculture mainly produces corn, rice and wheat. Animal husbandry to cattle, yaks, goats, sheep, mules, horses, pigs. Boke township is mainly agricultural, with 9098 mu of cultivated land in 2006, including 405 mu of rice. in 2006, there were 21047 livestock in the township, with 239 tons of meat output. The output value of animal husbandry was 2.16 million yuan, accounting for 33% of the total agricultural output value, and the per capita income of farmers and herdsmen was 453 yuan. there are 18900.7 hectares of forest in the territory, 90% of which are shelterbelts, and there have been no forest fires for eight consecutive years up to 2006. A total of 5124 mu of cropland has been converted to forest, 1870 mu of barren hills have been planted, and 5204 hectares of grassland have been built.

Population data

Population data of Boke township: (data of the fifth census) total population 4801 (2017). -