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 八邦乡
Township
Palpung
View of traditional log homes along the Pal Chu (river) in Babang Township
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Coordinates: 31°38′36″N 98°47′49″E
Country	China
Province	Sichuan
Prefecture	Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
County	Dêgê County
Area [1]
• 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 is known for the 18th-century Palpung Monastery located on a ridge approximately 160 m (520 ft) above the centre of the township.

See also

• List of township-level divisions of Sichuan

References