Babang Township, Sichuan Explained

Babang
Official Name:Palpung
Native Name:八邦乡
Native Name Lang:zh
Settlement Type:Township
Pushpin Map:Sichuan#China
Coordinates:31.6433°N 98.7969°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Sichuan
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture
Subdivision Name2:Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Dêgê County
Area Total Km2:555.2
Area Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:3,720
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:2,638
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:+8

Babang (Tibetan: Palpung;) is a rural Tibetan township in Dêgê County, Garzê Prefecture, Sichuan, China. The township is primarily concentrated around the Pal Chu river in the western reaches of the Chola Mountains on the east side of the Jinsha River.[2] The township contains significant remaining tracts of the Hengduan conifer forests.Babang is known for the 18th-century Palpung Monastery located on a ridge approximately above the centre of the township.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: BĀBĀNG XIĀNG . City Population . www.citypopulation.de . 3 January 2022.
  2. Book: McCue, Gary . 2010 . Trekking Tibet: A Traveler's Guide . Seattle, WA . The Mountaineer's Books . 9781594852664 .