Which province and city is Maoxian County in?

Mao County belongs to the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province.

Maoxian County is located in the southeastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the northwest of Sichuan Province and southeast of the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. It straddles the high mountain valleys of the upper reaches of the Minjiang River and Fujiang River. Mao County belongs to the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, and is adjacent to Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, Anzhou District, Mianzhu City, Shifang City, Pengzhou City, Wenchuan County, Li County and Songpan County, with a total area of ??3903.28 square kilometers.

According to the seventh census data, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Mao County was 95,361. As of 2019, Maoxian County governs 11 towns, 149 administrative villages, and 3 neighborhood committees. It is the county with the largest concentration of Qiang people in the country. In addition to the Qiang people, there are also 17 ethnic groups living in the territory, including the Han, Tibetan, and Hui people. Maoxian County is a national cultural and ecological reserve. On July 31, 2018, the Sichuan Provincial Government approved Mao County to withdraw from the list of poor counties.

Natural resources of Maoxian County

Land resources section. As of 2012, the total land area of ??Maoxian County was 3903.28 square kilometers, of which cultivated land accounted for 2.61%, forestland accounted for 67.5%, grassland 21.6%, and the forest coverage rate was 31.3%.

Biological resources. As of 2012, there are 574 species of plants in Maoxian County, and more than 30 species of rare plants, mainly pine, cypress, fir and various broad-leaved forest trees, growing velvet antler, musk, cordyceps, fritillary, gastrodia elata, and other valuable Chinese herbal medicines. There are approximately 385 species of wild animals, including 91 species of mammals, 238 species of birds, 23 species of reptiles, 20 species of amphibians, and 13 species of fish. Rare animals such as giant pandas, red pandas, golden monkeys, antelopes, bison, green-tailed pheasants, wild yaks, golden eagles, and antelopes are listed as national first-class protected animals.

Mineral resources. Maoxian Standard Map Physical Geography Version As of 2012, the known minerals in Maoxian are gold, silver, copper, lead-zinc, pyrite, manganese, bauxite, phosphate, limestone, marble, and garnet. , anthracite, quartz ore, silica, dolomite, crystal stone, etc.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Maoxian