Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
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| Huangnan Prefecture 黄南州 |
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| 黄南藏族自治州 | |
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| • Simplified | 黄南 |
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| • Pinyin | Huángnán |
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| Country | China |
| Province | Qinghai |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese: 黄南藏族自治州; pinyin: Huángnán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: རྨ་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་, Wylie: Rma-lho Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) is an autonomous prefecture of Qinghai province in China. The prefecture has area of 17,921 km² and its capital is Tongren county.
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Demographics [edit]
According to the 2000 census, Huangnan has 214,642 inhabitants with a population density of 11.98 inhabitants/km².
Ethnic groups in Huangnan, 2000 census [edit]
| Nationality | Population | Percentage |
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| Tibetan | 142,360 | 66.32% |
| Mongol | 29,071 | 13.54% |
| Hui | 16,411 | 7.65% |
| Han | 16,194 | 7.54% |
| Tu/Monguor | 8,445 | 3.93% |
| Salar | 1,530 | 0.71% |
| Others | 631 | 0.31% |
Subdivisions [edit]
The prefecture is subdivided into 4 county-level divisions: 3 counties and 1 autonomous county:
| Map | # | Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Population (2003 est.) |
Area (km²) | Density (/km²) |
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| 1 | Tongren County | 同仁县 | Tóngrén Xiàn | ཐུང་རེན་རྫོང་ | thung ren rdzong | 80,000 | 3,465 | 23 | |
| 2 | Jainca County | 尖扎县 | Jiānzhā Xiàn | གཅན་ཚ་རྫོང་ | gcan tsha rdzong | 50,000 | 1,712 | 29 | |
| 3 | Zêkog County | 泽库县 | Zékù Xiàn | རྩེ་ཁོག་རྫོང་ | rtse khog rdzong | 60,000 | 6,494 | 9 | |
| 4 | Henan Mongol Autonomous County | 河南蒙古族 自治县 |
Hénán Měnggǔzú Zìzhìxiàn |
རྨ་ལྷོ་སོག་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་རྫོང་ | rma lho sog rigs rang skyong rdzong |
30,000 | 6,250 | 5 |
Further reading [edit]
- A. Gruschke: The Cultural Monuments of Tibet’s Outer Provinces: Amdo - Volume 1. The Qinghai Part of Amdo, White Lotus Press, Bangkok 2001. ISBN 974-480-049-6
- Tsering Shakya: The Dragon in the Land of Snows. A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947, London 1999, ISBN 0-14-019615-3
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Coordinates: 35°31′36″N 102°00′50″E / 35.5267°N 102.014°E
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