Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
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Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 海南藏族自治州; pinyin: Hǎinán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: མཚོ་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་; Wylie: Mtsho-lho Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) is an autonomous prefecture of Qinghai province in China. The prefecture has an area of 45,895 km² and its capital is Gonghe county. The placename literally means "south of the Qinghai Lake."
[edit] Demographics
According to the 2000 census, the prefecture has 375,426 inhabitants with a population density of 8.18 inhabitants/km².
[edit] Ethnic groups in Hainan, 2000 census
| Nationality | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Tibetan | 235,663 | 62.77% |
| Han | 105,337 | 28.06% |
| Hui | 26,152 | 6.97% |
| Tu | 3,750 | 1% |
| Mongol | 2.637 | 0.7% |
| Salar | 1,231 | 0.33% |
| Others | 656 | 0.17% |
[edit] Subdivisions
The prefecture is subdivided into 6 county-level divisions: 6 counties: Gonghe county (共和县),Tongde county (同德县), Guide county (贵德县), Xinghai county (兴海县), Guinan county (贵南县)
| Tibetan autonomous areas in the People's Republic of China | ||
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| Tibet Autonomous Region | (consists of Lhasa · Nagqu · Qamdo · Shannan · Xigazê · Ngari · Nyingchi) |  |
| in Gansu Province | Gannan · Tianzhu | |
| in Qinghai Province | Haibei · Hainan · Haixi (Mongols and Tibetans) · Huangnan · Golog · Yushu | |
| in Sichuan Province | Garzê · Ngawa (Tibetans and Qiang) · Muli | |
| in Yunnan Province | Dêqên | |
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See also Political divisions of China
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