Babang Township, Sichuan
Babang
八邦乡 | |
|---|---|
| Palpung | |
View of traditional log homes along the Pal Chu (river) in Babang Township | |
Babang Babang | |
| Coordinates: 31°38′36″N 98°47′49″E / 31.64333°N 98.79694°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture | Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture |
| County | Dêgê County |
| Area | |
• Total | 555.2 km2 (214.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,720 m (12,200 ft) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 2,638 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
Babang (Tibetan: Palpung; Chinese: 八邦乡; pinyin: Bābāng Xiāng) is a rural Tibetan township in Dêgê County, Garzê Prefecture, Sichuan, China.[1] The township is primarily concentrated around the Pal Chu (Chinese: 白曲; pinyin: Bái Qū) river in the western reaches of the Chola Mountains on the east side of the Jinsha River.[2] The township contains significant remaining tracts of the Hengduan conifer forests.
Babang is known for the 18th-century Palpung Monastery located on a ridge approximately 160 m (520 ft) above the centre of the township.