Muping Town is a
town
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
and the county seat of
Baoxing County
Baoxing County () is one of the seven counties under the administration of Ya'an City, in west-central Sichuan Province, China, located along the upper reaches of the Qingyi River (). It is a vital geopolitical crossroad, transportation hub, and ...
in
Sichuan
Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Cheng ...
province of
southwest China
Southwestern China () is a region in the People's Republic of China. It consists of five provincial administrative regions, namely Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Xizang.
Geography
Southwestern China is a rugged and mountainous region, ...
. 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
The Moupin pika (''Ochotona thibetana''), also known as Moupin-pika, and Manipuri pika,Molur, S., Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B., Walker, S., Nameer, P. O., & Ravikumar, L. (2005)Status of south Asian non-volant small mammals: conservation a ...
,
Moupin broad-muzzled bat
The Moupin broad-muzzled bat ''(Submyotodon moupinensis)'' is a bat in the family Vespertilionidae endemic to southern China.
Description
It has a head-body length of , forearm length of , and tail length of . The fur is long and silky, a yell ...
, ''
Pterolophia moupinensis'', ''
Salix moupinensis'', and ''
Fragaria moupinensis
''Fragaria moupinensis'' is a species of wild strawberry native to China. It is similar in appearance to '' F. nilgerrensis''.
All strawberries have a base monoploid count of 7 chromosomes. ''Fragaria moupinensis'' is tetraploid
Polyploidy ...
''.
See also
*
List of township-level divisions of Sichuan
This is a list of Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#Township level, township-level divisions in the province of Sichuan, China, People's Republic of China (PRC).
Bazhong
Bazhou District
* Eight Townships of China, ...
References
Towns in Sichuan
Ya'an
County seats of China
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