Puji, Wangcang County
Puji is a town in Wangcang County, Sichuan, China. As of the 2019 statistics it had a population of 27,045 and an area of.
Administrative division
As of 2017, the town is divided into twelve villages and two communities:- Puziling Community
- Daichiba Community
- Jiujiang
- Xiumei
- Longchi
- Foziyan
- Hengshi
- Zhongjiang
- Chichuan
- Daying
- Hongjiang
- Yuexi
- Qingjiang
- Yuanjing
History
It was incorporated as a township in 1940.After establishment of the Communist State, in 1950, Puji District was set up. In 1961, during the Great Leap Forward, it was renamed "Puji People's Commune". In 1962, former Tiantai Township, Yuanjing Township and Puji Township merged to form Puji Town.
In January 2021, 22 stone Buddha statues of the Tang dynasty and one stone sheep of the Ming dynasty in the Foziyan Cliff Inscriptions were stolen.
Geography
It lies at the south central Wangcang County, bordering the town of Huangyang to the west, Longfeng Township and Mumen Town to the south, Daliang Township to the north, and Sanjiang Town to the east.The highest point in the town is Shizike which stands above sea level. The lowest point is the Hengshi Bridge, which, at above sea level.
Qing Stream, a tributary of the Qu River, flows through the town north to south.
The town experiences a subtropical humid monsoon climate, with an average annual temperature of, total annual rainfall of, and a frost-free period of 256 days.