Fubang Township () is a township in

Lancang Lahu Autonomous County Lancang Lahu Autonomous County (; Lahu: ) is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City, in southwestern Yunnan province, China. Lancang is the same as Lan Xang, and refers to the Mekong River (known in Chinese as the Lancang) on i ...

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...

, China. As of the 2017 census it had a population of 21,000 and an area of .

Etymology

The name "Fubang" () comes from the first word of the village name "Fuyong" () and "Bangnai" ().

Administrative division

As of 2016, the township is divided into eight villages: *Fuyong () *Saihan () *Banshan () *Ping'an () *Duoyilin () *Bangnai () *Maliping () *Kalang ()

History

In the

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

(1644–1911), it came under the jurisdiction of Tusi (). In 1940, it belonged to the 5th District. That same year, the 5th District was revoked and Fubang Township was set up. After the founding of the Communist State in 1949, the Fubang District () was set up. It was merged into Shangyun District () in 1958 and restored in 1961. During the

Great Leap Forward The Great Leap Forward (Second Five Year Plan) of the People's Republic of China (PRC) was an economic and social campaign led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1958 to 1962. CCP Chairman Mao Zedong launched the campaign to reconstruc ...

, it was renamed "Jingfeng Commune" () in 1969 and then "Fubang Commune" () in 1971. It was incorporated as a township in 1988.

Geography

It lies at the central

, bordering

Zhutang Township Zhutang may refer to the following places in mainland China or Taiwan: * Zhutang, Jiangyin (祝塘镇), town in Jiangyin Jiangyin (, Jiangyin dialect: ) is a county-level city on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, and is administered by Wuxi ...

to the west, Nanling Township to the south, Shangyun Town and Mujia Township to the north, and Donghe Township to the east. The Yilin River () and Ankang River () flow through the township.

Economy

The economy of the township is mainly based on agriculture. Economic crops are mainly corn, wheat, peanut, and tea.

Demographics

As of 2017, the

National Bureau of Statistics of China The National Bureau of Statistics (), abbreviated as NBS, is an deputy-cabinet level agency directly under the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It is responsible for collection, investigation, research and publication of stati ...

estimates the township's population now to be 21,000.

Transportation

The National Highway G214 winds through the township.

References

Bibliography

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fubang Township Townships of Pu'er City Divisions of Lancang Lahu Autonomous County