Muping Town | |
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| 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″N 102°48′50″E / 30.36917°N 102.81389°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture | Ya'an |
| County | Baoxing |
| Area | |
| • Total | 211 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]
- ^ "The Mammals of Moupin". Nature. 10 (237): 32–33. 1874. doi:10.1038/010032a0. S2CID 4081217.