Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
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Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (simplified 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.
[edit] Demographics
According to the 2000 census, Huangnan has 214,642 inhabitants with a population density of 11.98 inhabitants/km².
[edit] Ethnic groups in Huangnan, 2000 census
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 | 8,445 | 3.93% |
Salar | 1,530 | 0.71% |
Others | 631 | 0.31% |
[edit] Subdivisions
The prefecture is subdivided into 4 county-level divisions: 3 counties and 1 autonomous county:
- counties: Tongren county (同仁县), Jainca county (尖扎县), Zekog county (泽库县)
- autonomous county: Henan Mongol Autonomous County (河南蒙古族自治县)
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 | |
See also Political divisions of China
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