Pingdi Yi Ethnic Township
# Pingdi Yi Ethnic Township

Pingdi Yi Ethnic Township (Chinese: 坪地彝族乡) is an ethnic township in Panzhou, Guizhou, China. As of the 2015 census it had a population of 30,425 and an area of 152-square-kilometre (59 sq mi).

## Administrative division

As of December 2015, the ethnic township is divided into 15 villages:

* Wangjiajing (王家箐村)
* Yingshang (营上村)
* Yuge (雨格村)
* Fachong (发冲村)
* Jingkou (箐口村)
* Moxili (莫西里村)
* Xiaoshulin (小树林村)
* Jiangdi (蒋底村)
* Baobaozhai (包包寨村)
* Geqingdi (格青底村)
* Chahe (岔河村)
* Baimuga (柏木嘎村)
* Qiguanyun (七官云村)
* Shakemei (沙克梅村)
* Shangshuge (上述格村)

## Geography

The ethnic township is in the subtropical plateau monsoon climate zone, with an average annual temperature of 11.7 °C (53.1 °F), total annual rainfall of 1,200-millimetre (47 in), and a frost-free period of 260 days.

## Economy

The ethnic township's main industries are agriculture, mining and tourism. Maize, potato and buckwheat are the main cash crops. Iron, copper and limestone are the main minerals.

## Transport

The Provincial Highway S212 passes across the town north to south.

## Attractions

The Wumeng Prairie Scenic Area (乌蒙大草原景区) is a national geological park and provincial scenic area in the ethnic township.

