Baiya Township, Jiange County

Baiya Township (simplified Chinese: 柏垭乡; traditional Chinese: 柏埡鄉; pinyin: Bǎiyā Xiāng) was a former township in Jiange County, Guangyuan, Sichuan, China.^[2][3] The township spanned an area of 35.77 square kilometres (13.81 sq mi), and had a hukou population of 6,660 in 2018.^[1]

Baiya Township 柏垭乡
Township
Baiya Township
Coordinates: 31.9815°N 105.6023°E / 31.9815; 105.6023
Country	China
Province	Sichuan
Prefecture-level city	Guangyuan
County	Jiange County
Merged into Muma [zh]	May 12, 2020
Area [1]
• Total	35.77 km2 (13.81 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	6,660
• Density	190/km2 (480/sq mi)

History

On May 12, 2020, the Sichuan provincial government announced that Baiya Township would be abolished, and merged into the town of Muma [zh].^[3]

Administrative divisions

In 2019, Baiya Township administered the following eight administrative villages:^[4]

• Yunding Village (Chinese: 云顶村)
• Liuqing Village (Chinese: 柳青村)
• Xinmiao Village (Chinese: 新庙村)
• Jingquan Village (Chinese: 井泉村)
• Hongliang Village (Chinese: 红梁村)
• Gongtong Village (Chinese: 共同村)
• Qingping Village (Chinese: 青坪村)
• Chengshan Village (Chinese: 程山村)

Demographics

As of 2018, Baiya Township had a population of 6,660,^[1] significantly higher than the 4,341 recorded in the 2010 Chinese Census.^[5] The latter figure represents a sizeable decline from the population of 6,967 recorded in the 2000 Chinese Census.^[5] This decline is likely due to, in part, the effects of the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake, which seriously affected Jiange County,^[6] as well as rural flight common throughout China.

See also

• List of township-level divisions of Sichuan