Qunu Township, Bailang County, Xigaze City, Tibet Autonomous Region

Qunu Township

Qunu Township belongs to Bailang County, Xigaze City, Tibet. It is located in Bailang County, southwest of Tibet Autonomous Region. It is located in the middle reaches of Nianchu River, the main tributary of Yarlung Zangbo River. It covers an area of 126.1 square kilometers and has a population of 3611 (2017).

brief introduction

Bailang County governs the township. "Qunu" is Tibetan, which means "Hexi". In 1960, Qunu township was changed into a commune in 1972 and renamed Qunu Township in 1976. Located in the southwest of the county, 15 kilometers away from the county. It covers an area of 126.1 square kilometers and has a population of 3611 (2017). It has jurisdiction over 11 village committees, including NUMA, Dayu, Jinque, Pengga, maicuo, Sanglin, Saga, Jia, ANGA, Rukang and Sibu. Mainly in agriculture, planting highland barley, rape and so on. The territory is rich in traditional Chinese medicine huhuanglian. It is high in the southwest and low in the northeast, with an average altitude of 4200 meters. Qunu township is located at an altitude of 3890 meters, with a grassland area of 3.78 million mu.

terrain

Qunu Township belongs to high mountain valley and wide valley landform, with high terrain in southwest and low terrain in Northeast. The main peaks are yaangjie, bodongla, Casa and so on.

rivers

All rivers in the territory belong to the Yarlung Zangbo River system. The main rivers are Nianchu River and Tianqu River, with a total length of about 200 km. The discharge of Nianchu river is generally 30 ~ 40 m3 / s. Tianqu river is a seasonal river every year except from the middle of June to the end of September. There are more than 50 irrigation canals in Qunu township.

climate

Qunu Township belongs to the semi-arid monsoon climate zone of plateau temperate zone, with sufficient sunshine, strong solar radiation, distinct dry and warm seasons, more rainfall in summer, small annual temperature difference and large day night temperature difference. The main natural disasters are drought, frost, hail, sandstorm, debris flow and so on.

natural resources

The main natural resources are wild animals and plants. Such as wild donkey, wild ox, fox, crane, wolf, leopard, etc. Medicinal plants mainly include rhubarb, Fritillaria, Cordyceps, etc. Bailang county is located in the middle of the agricultural area of the southern Tibet River Valley, with superior natural conditions, a long history of agricultural production and great development potential. In 1982, it was listed as a commodity grain base Township in Tibet. In 1990, it was listed as one of the economic development townships in the central region of Tibet.

Economics

Qunu township is a county which mainly focuses on agricultural production and combines agriculture with animal husbandry. Crops are mainly highland barley, winter wheat, spring wheat, peas, potatoes, rapeseed and so on. It mainly raises cattle, cattle, cattle, horses, donkeys, goats, sheep, pigs, etc. There are abundant fishery resources, and walnut is the main economic forest.