Baozang

Baozang (simplified Chinese: 宝藏镇; traditional Chinese: 寶藏鎮; pinyin: Bǎozàng Zhèn) is a town in Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan, China. As of the 2017 census it had a population of 11,000 and an area of 564-square-kilometre (218 sq mi).

Baozang Town
Town
宝藏镇
Baozang Town Location in Yunnan.
Coordinates: 22°41′05″N 101°39′00″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Yunnan
Prefecture-level city	Pu'er City
Autonomous county	Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County
Area
• Total	564 km2 (218 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	11,000
• Density	20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+08:00 (China Standard)
Postal code	665904
Area code	0879

Administrative division

As of 2016, the town is divided into six villages:

• Shuicheng (水城村)
• Liangmahe (良马河村)
• Banhe (板河村)
• Haiming (海明村)
• Qianjin (前进村)
• Longma (龙马村)

History

On December 28, 2012, it was upgraded to a town.

Geography

The town sits at the southwestern Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County. It borders Mojiang Hani Autonomous County in the north, GuoqingTownship and Menglie Town in the east, Kangping Town in the south, and Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County in the west.

The town enjoys a subtropical humid monsoon climate, with an average annual temperature of 24 °C (75 °F), and total annual rainfall of 2,200-millimetre (87 in).

The Mengye River (勐野江) and Nankeng River (南坑河) flow through the town.

Economy

The economy of the province is mainly based on agriculture and animal husbandry. Tea, sugarcane and natural rubber are the economic crops in the region.

Demographics

Population census

Year	Pop.	±%
2006	8,909	—
2017	11,000	+23.5%
Source:

As of 2017, the National Bureau of Statistics of China estimates the town's population now to be 11,000.

References

Bibliography

• Yang Junhua, ed. (2007). "Administrative divisions" 行政区划. 《江城哈尼族彝族自治县概况》 [General Situation of Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County] (in Chinese). Beijing: Nationalities Publishing House. ISBN 978-7-105-08548-4.