RAOJIN Township, Zuogong County, Changdu City, Tibet Autonomous Region

Around Jinxiang

Zuogong County, Changdu City, Tibet Autonomous Region governs the township and seven village committees, namely RAOJIN, gongri, RIBA, Baba, Pula, Zuoba and raosi.

It is located in the southeast of Tibet Autonomous Region, the southeast of Changdu City, the south of Zuogong County, zhayu town of Zuogong County in the East, Gula township of Chayu County of Linzhi city in the west, and xialinka township of Zuogong County in the north. It is 50 km from the county and 136 km from the highway. The geographical coordinates are 97 ° 06 ′ - 98 ° 36 ′ E and 28 ° 30 ′ - 30 ° 28 ′ n.

It was set up around Jinxiang in 1960, changed into a commune in 1970 and resumed in 1984.

The township has a total area of 427.58 square kilometers and a population of 1617 (2017).

It is a semi agricultural and semi pastoral Township, planting highland barley, wheat and rape, and Grazing Yak, cattle, goats and sheep.

Historical evolution

It was set up around Jinxiang in 1960, changed into a commune in 1970 and resumed in 1984.

administrative division

Zuogong County, Changdu City, Tibet Autonomous Region governs the township and seven village committees, namely RAOJIN village, gongri village, RIBA village, Baba village, Pula village, Zuoba village and raosi village. Township government around the village.

geographical position

It is located in the southeast of Tibet Autonomous Region, the southeast of Changdu City, the south of Zuogong County, zhayu town of Zuogong County in the East, Gula township of Chayu County of Linzhi city in the west, and xialinka township of Zuogong County in the north. It is 50 km from the county and 136 km from the highway.

climatic conditions

RAOJIN Township belongs to the temperate semi-arid climate of Southeast Tibet Plateau. The annual temperature difference is small and the heat utilization rate is high. The distribution of precipitation is uneven. The precipitation is concentrated in summer, and the climate is dry and cold in winter and spring. The annual average temperature is 4.2 ℃, the average temperature in January is - 6.7 ℃, the average temperature in July is 13.2 ℃, the duration of daily average temperature above 5 ℃ is 176 days, and the duration of daily average temperature above 0 ℃ is 220 days. Frost free period is about 90 days. The average annual precipitation is 405mm. The seven administrative villages in RAOJIN township are all located along the Nujiang River, among which Zuoba village is the lowest, about 2500 meters above sea level, and some of riba village, gongri village and Pula village are about 3200 meters above sea level. The sunshine time is long and the average temperature is high all year round. Except for a few villages with higher altitude, the rest villages have almost no frost free period.

natural resources

The township has 524 mu of arable land, 7.1 million mu of grassland, 525000 ha of forest coverage, 76.5 million cubic meters of forest stock, mainly high economic value of spruce, fir, masson pine, cypress, etc., as well as a small number of world rare tree species Taxus, Korean pine and national first-class protection tree species Taiwania; forest resources are relatively rich, rich in Cordyceps, Fritillaria, Coptis chinensis, three species 7、 Rhodiola, Tricholoma matsutake and other precious Chinese medicinal materials, but also widely distributed in the Swertia, golden pheasant, black necked Crane, Yunnan snub nosed monkey, parrot and other hundreds of wild animals. The county has many rivers and lakes.

Population nationality

By the end of 2010, there were 362 households and 1995 people in the township. in 2017, there were 1617 people in the township.

rural economy

It is a semi agricultural and semi pastoral Township, mainly planting highland barley, wheat, corn, rape, etc.; mainly raising yak, yak, cattle, horse, sheep, goat, etc. Around the Nujiang and Lancang River Basins of Jinxiang, walnut, apple, wild pear, orange, grape, prickly ash, pomegranate and other economic trees are also widely planted.

Infrastructure construction

On May 16, 2016, the bidding announcement was issued for the reconstruction (expansion) project of zhayu town RAOJIN township highway in Zuogong County, with a total length of 59.5 km, of which the main line is 58.2 km long. The village section is cement concrete pavement, and the rest is asphalt concrete pavement, which is constructed according to the standard of class IV Highway. on October 25, 2016, the highway from RAOJIN township to xialinka Township in Zuogong county was completed, with a total length of 36.2 km, a design driving speed of 20 km / h, a subgrade width of 4.5 m, a lane width of 3.5 m, and a gravel pavement.