Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

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location of Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture within Qinghai
location of Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture within Qinghai

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
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)


Prefecture-level divisions of Qinghai
Prefecture-level city: Xining
Prefecture: Haidong
Autonomous prefectures: Golog | Gyêgu | Haibei | Hainan | Haixi | Huangnan
List of Qinghai County-level divisions
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