Bayi Subdistrict Explained

Bayi
Official Name:Chagyib
Settlement Type:Subdistrict
Pushpin Map:Tibet
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Tibet Autonomous Region
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Nyingchi
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Bayi
Area Total Km2:55
Population Total:21400
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:+8
Coordinates:29.6664°N 94.3628°W
Elevation M:2994
Bayi
Psp:Lhabagar
C:八一
W:Pa1-i1
P:Bāyī
Tib:བྲག་ཡིབ་གྲོང།
Order:st

Bayi or Chagyib (;) is a subdistrict in Tibet Autonomous Region, China and seat of Bayi District, Nyingchi. It lies on the Nyang River at an altitude of 2,994 metres (9,826 feet). Bayi is an important timber and wool producing town, known historically before the 1960s as Lhabagar. By road it is 405km (252miles) east of Lhasa on the way to Chengdu.[1]

The new subdistrict completely absorbed the ancient village of Drakchi, which used to stand on this site. The population is now mostly Han Chinese. The Bayi Zanchen bridge crosses the Nyang-chu or Nyang River here.[2]

There are 9 villages under the jurisdiction of the subdistrict, with a total population of 21,400, from the Han, Hui, Mongolian, Xibe, Manchu ethnicities. The subdistrict covers an area of, with an area of 51,047 mu (3,403 ha) of cultivated land. There has been the extension of two major irrigation channels in the subdistrict to provide for rice farming and the production of other cash crops.

Climate

Bayi has a subtropical highland climate with monsoonal influences (Köppen Cwb). Precipitation is abundant compared to other areas in Tibet and the area around Bayi is covered with trees.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Buckley and Strauss (1986), p. 210.
  2. Dorje (1999), p. 236.
  3. Web site: China plans 'Swiss makeover' for tourism in southeast Tibet | CNNGo.com . 2012-07-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120630175227/http://www.cnngo.com/shanghai/life/china-plan-swiss-makeover-for-tourism-in-southeast-tibet-866320?hpt=ias_t3 . 2012-06-30 . dead .