Muping Town

Muping Town
Town
Chinese transcription(s)
• Simplified	穆坪镇
• Traditional	穆坪鎮
• Pinyin	Mùpíng Zhèn
Muping Town Location in Sichuan
Coordinates: 30°22′9″N 102°48′50″E
Country	China
Province	Sichuan
Prefecture	Ya'an
County	Baoxing
Area
• Total	211 km^2 (81 sq mi)
Elevation	1,010 m (3,310 ft)
Population	11,789
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
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]

See also

• List of township-level divisions of Sichuan

References

1. "The Mammals of Moupin". Nature. 10 (237): 32–33. 1874. doi:10.1038/010032a0. S2CID 4081217.