Têwo County

Têwo County ཐེ་བོ་རྫོང་། · 迭部县
County
Têwo County (red) within Gannan
Coordinates: 34°03′22″N 103°13′19″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Gansu
Autonomous prefecture	Gannan
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Têwo County (Tibetan: ཐེ་བོ་རྫོང་།, Wylie: the bo rdzong, THL: Têwo Zong; Chinese: 迭部县; pinyin: Diébù Xiàn) is a county in the south of Gansu province of the People's Republic of China, bordering Sichuan province to the south. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Gannan Prefecture. Its postal code is 747400, and in 1999 its population was 55,568 people.

The Lazikou Pass, a mountain pass of strategical significance during the Long March, is located in Têwo County.

See also

• List of administrative divisions of Gansu

References

• http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/work/downloads/faqs/1999_pop_faq.html