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 (the historic region of Rebkong).

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Ethnic groups in Huangnan, 2000 census 3 Subdivisions 4 Further reading

[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), Zêkog County (泽库县)
• autonomous county: Henan Mongol Autonomous County (河南蒙古族自治县)

[edit] Further reading

• A. Gruschke: The Cultural Monuments of Tibet’s Outer Provinces: Amdo - Volume 1. The Qinghai Part of Amdo, White Lotus Press, Bangkok 2001. ISBN 974-480-049-6
• Tsering Shakya: The Dragon in the Land of Snows. A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947, London 1999, ISBN 0-14-019615-3

v • d • e Qinghai Province History · Politics · Economy Prefecture-level city Xining Prefecture Haidong Autonomous prefectures Golog · Haibei · Hainan · Haixi · Huangnan · Yushu See also: List of Qinghai County-level divisions

v • d • e Tibetan autonomous areas in the People's Republic of China Regions Tibet Lhasa · Nagqu · Qamdo · Shannan · Xigazê · Ngari · Nyingchi Provinces Qinghai Haibei · Hainan · Haixi (Mongols and Tibetans) · Huangnan · Golog · Yushu Sichuan Garzê · Ngawa (Tibetans and Qiang) · Muli Yunnan Dêqên See also Political divisions of China