Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

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Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 玉树藏族自治州; pinyin: Yùshù Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: ཡུལ་ཤུལ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ / Yul-shul Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) is an autonomous prefecture in Qinghai. The prefecture has an area of 188,794 km² and its capital is Gyêgu township (Gyêgu Zhen) in Yushu county, which is the place of the old Tibetan trade mart of Jyekundo [[Chin. Gyêgu, Pinyin Jiegu]]. The area belongs to the cultural realm of Kham in eastern Tibet.


The main monastery in Yushu's Gyêgu township
The main monastery in Yushu's Gyêgu township


Contents

[edit] Economics

Agricultural, trees, wheat, millet.


[edit] Population

[edit] Ethnic groups in Yushu, 2005 Yushu Statistical Yearbook[1]

Nationality Population Percentage
Tibetan 288,829 97.25%
Han 7,594 2.56%
Hui 295 0.01%
Monguor 138 <0.01%
Salar 64 <0.01%
Mongol 50 <0.01%
Manchu 22 <0.01%
Others 12 <0.01%

This statistics only includes the registered population, not the floating population which is estimated at about 50-60,000 for the entire prefecture.

[edit] Subdivisions

The prefecture is subdivided into 6 county-level divisions: 6 counties:

  • Yushu county (玉树县)
  • Zadoi county (杂多县)
  • Chindu county (称多县)
  • Zhidoi county (治多县)
  • Nangqên county (囊谦县)
  • Qumarlêb county (曲麻莱县)


[edit] References and further reading

  1. ^ Yushu Zangzu Zizhizhou Tongjiju [Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Statistics Bureau]: Yushu Tongjiju Nianjian 2005 [Yushu Statistical Yearbook 2005], Yushu 2006
  • [1] Yushu Zangzu Zizhizhou Tongjiju [Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Statistics Bureau]: Yushu Tongjiju Nianjian 2005 [Yushu Statistical Yearbook 2005], Yushu 2006
  • A. Gruschke: The Cultural Monuments of Tibet’s Outer Provinces: Kham. Vol. 2 - The Yushu Part of Kham, Bangkok 2005 ISBN 974-480-049-6

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