Baiya Township, Jiange County Explained

Baiya Township
Native Name:	柏垭乡
Native Name Lang:	zh
Settlement Type:	Township
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Type2:	Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Type3:	County
Subdivision Name:	China
Subdivision Name1:	Sichuan
Subdivision Name2:	Guangyuan
Subdivision Name3:	Jiange County
Coordinates:	31.9815°N 105.6023°W
Pushpin Map:	Sichuan
Extinct Date:	May 12, 2020
Extinct Title:	Merged into
Population As Of:	2018
Population Total:	6660
Area Total Km2:	35.77
Population Density Km2:	auto

Baiya Township was a former township in Jiange County, Guangyuan, Sichuan, China.^{[1] [2]} The township spanned an area of 35.77km2, and had a hukou population of 6,660 in 2018.^[3]

History

On May 12, 2020, the Sichuan provincial government announced that Baiya Township would be abolished, and merged into the town of .

Administrative divisions

In 2019, Baiya Township administered the following eight administrative villages:^[4]

• Yunding Village
• Liuqing Village
• Xinmiao Village
• Jingquan Village
• Hongliang Village
• Gongtong Village
• Qingping Village
• Chengshan Village

Demographics

As of 2018, Baiya Township had a population of 6,660, significantly higher than the 4,341 recorded in the 2010 Chinese Census.^[5] The latter figure represents a sizeable decline from the population of 6,967 recorded in the 2000 Chinese Census. This decline is likely due to, in part, the effects of the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake, which seriously affected Jiange County,^[6] as well as rural flight common throughout China.

See also

• List of township-level divisions of Sichuan

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2019. zh:2019年统计用区划代码（剑阁县）. 2019 Statistical Division Codes (Jiange County). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210831205606/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2019/51/08/510823.html. 2021-08-31. 2021-08-31. National Bureau of Statistics of China. zh.
2. Web site: 2020-05-12. zh:四川省人民政府关于同意广元市调整苍溪县等3个县部分乡镇行政区划的批复（川府民政〔2020〕1号）. Reply of the People's Government of Sichuan Province on approving Guangyuan City to adjust the administrative divisions of some towns and townships in 3 counties including Cangxi County (Sichuan Ministry of Civil Affairs [2020] No. 1). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210831210022/http://mzj.cngy.gov.cn/new/show/20200512173850467.html. 2021-08-31. 2021-08-31. mzj.cngy.gov.cn. Guangyuan Civil Affairs Bureau. zh.
3. Book: May 2020 . 中国统计出版社, 国家统计局农村社会经济调查司 . 9787503791390 . Beijing . 478 . zh . zh:中国县域统计年鉴·2019（乡镇卷）.
4. Web site: 2019. zh:2019年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码（柏垭乡）. 2019 Statistical Division Codes and Urban-Rural Division Codes (Baiya Township). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210831210555/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2019/51/08/23/510823230.html. 2021-08-31. 2021-08-31. National Bureau of Statistics of China. zh.
5. Web site: 2015-05-12. zh:剑阁县历史沿革. Jiange County Organizational History. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210831211723/http://xzqh.org/html/show/sc/21697.html. 2021-08-31. 2021-08-31. xzqh.org. zh.
6. Web site: December 2008. People's Republic of China: Providing Emergency Response to Sichuan Earthquake. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150226025938/https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/0D109A786BEC65A2C12575600043192A-Full_Report.pdf. 2015-02-26. 2021-08-31. ReliefWeb. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.