Xiongmai Township, Sakya County, Xigaze City, Tibet Autonomous Region

Xiongmai Township

Xiongmai Township, located in the west of Sakya County, Xigaze City, Tibet Autonomous Region, is the smallest and poorest Township in Sakya county.

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In order to effectively increase the income of the masses and liberate them from poverty, the trade union office of Shigatse, as the contact point, sent working groups to xiongmai township for many times to mobilize the masses to carry out large-scale Tibetan chicken breeding and open up ways to increase income on the basis of analysis and demonstration.

Economics

Through organization and mobilization, xiongmai Township opened the prelude of Tibetan chicken breeding. In 2000, every household in nine administrative villages raised more than 12 Tibetan chickens. In order to improve the scientific and technological content of breeding and expand the scale of breeding, in 2001, the trade union office of Shigatse region invested 6000 yuan in xiongmai township to set up a 300 square meter Tibetan chicken farm, and invited the technical personnel of the agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureau of Shigatse region to give guidance and demonstration to the masses. With the demonstration drive, the masses look in the eyes and keep in mind, xiongmai Township once again set off an upsurge of Tibetan chicken breeding. At the same time, the township has also identified two brokers, who are specially responsible for purchasing Tibetan chickens from the township and transporting them to the county for sale, so as to solve the worries of the masses. Zhagou village, xiongmai Township, which used to be conservative in concept, was led by the demonstration. Tibetan chickens were bred one after another. They were sold to Sakya County, Shigatse City and other places. In 2003, the per capita income of the villagers increased by 188.8 yuan.

Population data

Population data of xiongmai township: (data of the fifth population census) as of the end of 2017, there were 2605 permanent residents.