Muping Town

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Muping Town
Chinese  transcription(s)
   Simplified 穆坪镇
   Traditional 穆坪鎮
   Pinyin Mùpíng Zhèn
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Muping Town
Location in Sichuan
Coordinates: 30°22′9″N102°48′50″E / 30.36917°N 102.81389°E / 30.36917; 102.81389 Coordinates: 30°22′9″N102°48′50″E / 30.36917°N 102.81389°E / 30.36917; 102.81389
Country China
Province Sichuan
Prefecture Ya'an
County Baoxing
Area
  Total211 km2 (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]

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References

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