Baima Tibetan Ethnic Township
白马藏族乡
Ethnic township
Baima Tibetan Ethnic Township is located in Sichuan
Baima Tibetan Ethnic Township
Baima Tibetan Ethnic Township
Location in Sichuan
Coordinates: 32°44′32″N 104°19′22″E / 32.74222°N 104.32278°E / 32.74222; 104.32278
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceSichuan
Prefecture-level cityMianyang
CountyPingwu County
Area
[1]
 • Total784.66 km2 (302.96 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total1,577
 • Density2.0/km2 (5.2/sq mi)
Time zoneChina Standard

Baima Tibetan Ethnic Township (simplified Chinese: 白马藏族乡; traditional Chinese: 白馬藏族鄉; pinyin: Báimǎ Zàng Zú Xiāng) is an ethnic township for Tibetan people under the administration of Pingwu County in northern Sichuan province, China.[2] The Baima language, a threatened language with approximately 10,000 speakers,[3][4] is spoken in the ethnic township.[4] The ethnic township spans an area of 784.66 square kilometres (302.96 sq mi), and has a population of 1,577 as of 2018.[1]

Administrative divisions

As of 2020, it has four villages under its administration:[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c 中国县域统计年鉴·2019（乡镇卷） (in Chinese). Beijing: 中国统计出版社, 国家统计局农村社会经济调查司. May 2020. p. 473. ISBN 9787503791390.
  2. ^ 2020年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：平武县 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Did you know Baima is threatened?". Endangered Languages. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  4. ^ a b Chirkova, Ekaterina (2005). "Words for 'one' in Baima" (PDF). Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale. 34: 69–99. doi:10.1163/19606028-90000135. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-08-22 – via HAL (open archive).
  5. ^ 2020年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：白马藏族乡 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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