Mabian Yi Autonomous County (; ii, ꂶꀜꆈꌠꊨꏦꏱꅉꑤ max bie nuo su zyt jie jux dde xiep) is a county of
Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of
Leshan
Leshan, formerly known as Jiading or Jiazhou, is a prefecture-level city located at the confluence of the Dadu and Min rivers in Sichuan Province, China. Leshan is located on the southwestern fringe of the Sichuan Basin in southern Sichuan, abou ...
city. In 2020 it had a population of 188,251. The population is 50.7%
Yi minority people.
Mabian is known throughout China for its green tea. Other local agricultural products are
Gastrodia
''Gastrodia'', commonly known as potato orchids or as 天麻属 (tian ma shu), is a genus of terrestrial leafless orchids in the family Orchidaceae, about ninety of which have been described. Orchids in this genus have fleshy, upright stems and ...
and
bamboo shoots
Bamboo shoots or bamboo sprouts are the edible shoots (new bamboo culms that come out of the ground) of many bamboo species including ''Bambusa vulgaris'' and ''Phyllostachys edulis''. They are used as vegetables in numerous Asian dishes and b ...
.
Mabian's Dafengding National Nature Reserve is home to
giant pandas.
Other touristic sites include traditional Yi villages.
Administrative divisions
Mabian has jurisdiction over 12 towns and 3 townships:
Towns
* Minjian (民建镇), county seat
* Rongding (荣丁镇)
* Xiaxi (下溪镇)
* Suba (苏坝镇)
* Yanfeng (烟峰镇)
* Laodong (劳动镇)
* Qiaoba (荍坝镇)
* Jianshe (建设镇)
* Minzhu (民主镇)
* Meilin (梅林镇)
* Xuekoushan (雪口山镇)
* Sanhekou (三河口镇)
Townships
* Dazhubao (大竹堡乡)
* Gaozhuoying (高卓营乡)
* Yonghong (永红乡)
Climate
People from Mabian
* He Changchun (
贺昌群), historian (1903-1973)
References
County-level divisions of Sichuan
Yi autonomous counties
Leshan
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