Muping Town Explained

Muping Town
Translit Lang1:Chinese
Translit Lang1 Type:Simplified
Translit Lang1 Info:穆坪镇
Translit Lang1 Type1:Traditional
Translit Lang1 Info1:穆坪鎮
Translit Lang1 Type2:Pinyin
Translit Lang1 Info2:Mùpíng Zhèn
Settlement Type:Town
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Sichuan
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture
Subdivision Name2:Ya'an
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Baoxing
Area Total Km2:211
Population:11,789
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:30.3692°N 102.8139°W
Pushpin Map:China Sichuan
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Sichuan
Elevation M:1010
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:625700
Area Code:0835

Muping Town is a town and the county seat of Baoxing County in Sichuan province of southwest China. In the late 1800s, under its alternative rendering Moupin, it developed a reputation for biodiversity among western naturalists, so a number of species carry the name Moupin or the specific epithets moupinensis and moupinense, these include the Moupin pig, Moupin pika, Moupin broad-muzzled bat, Pterolophia moupinensis, Salix moupinensis, and Fragaria moupinensis.[1]

Notes and References

  1. 10.1038/010032a0 . The Mammals of Moupin . Nature . 1874 . 10 . 237 . 32–33 . 4081217 . free .