Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
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| Ngawa 阿坝 |
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| — Autonomous Prefecture — | |
| Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture |
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| Chinese transliteration(s) | |
| - Characters | 阿坝藏族羌族自治州 |
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| - Pinyin | Ābà Zàngzú Qiāngzú Zìzhìzhōu |
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| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture Seat | Barkam |
| Government | |
| - CPC Party Chief | Shi Jun (侍俊) |
| - Governor | Zhang Dongsheng (张东升) |
| Area | |
| - Total | 83,201 km² (32,124.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| - Total | 874,000 |
| - Density | 10.5/km² (27.2/sq mi) |
| - Major Ethnic Groups | Tibtean-53.72% Han-24.69% Qiang- 18.28% |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 513200 |
| Area code(s) | 0837 |
| GDP Total | ¥ 8.7 billion |
| GDP Per Capita | ¥ 9,758 |
| License Plate Prefix | 川U |
| Website: http://www.abazhou.gov.cn/ | |
The Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (Tibetan: རྔ་བ་བོད་རིགས་ཆ་བ༹ང་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་, Wylie transliteration: rnga ba bod rigs dang ch'ang rigs rang skyong khul; Chinese: 阿坝藏族羌族自治州; pinyin: Ābà Zàngzú Qiāngzú Zìzhìzhōu) is an autonomous prefecture in Sichuan, whose capital is Barkam town. It has an area of 83,201 km².
Ngawa is the site of the epicenter of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, in which over 20,000 of its residents died.
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[edit] Demographics
As of 2000, the prefecture's population was 847,468 inhabitants at a density of 10.19 per km²:
| Ethnic group | Population | Proportion of total |
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| Tibetan | 455,238 | 53.72% |
| Han | 209,270 | 24.69% |
| Qiang | 154,905 | 18.28% |
| Hui | 26,353 | 3.11% |
| Manchu | 373 | 0.04% |
| Miao | 266 | 0.03% |
| Yi | 205 | 0.02% |
| Mongols | 202 | 0.02% |
| Tujia | 182 | 0.02% |
| Bai | 101 | 0.01% |
| Zhuang | 95 | 0.01% |
| others | 278 | 0.03% |
[edit] Languages
The three principal languages are Tibetan, Mandarin and Qiang.
[edit] History
Most part of Ngawa was under the 16th Administrative Prefecture of Szechwan (Chinese:四川省第十六行政督察區), which was established by the Republic of China (ROC).[1] The People's Republic of China (PRC) defeated ROC troops in this area and established the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan by the end of 1952. It was renamed Ngawa Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in 1956, and Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in 1987.[2]
On May 12, 2008, a major earthquake occurred in Wenchuan County, a county in the southeastern part of this autonomous prefecture. 20,258 people were killed, 45,079 injured, 7,696 missing in the prefecture as of June 6, 2008. [3] [4]
[edit] Administrative divisions
The region is composed of thirteen counties:
| County | Administrative centre |
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Name | Chinese name |
| Barkam | 马尔康县 | Barkam | 马尔康镇 a |
| Jiuzhaigou | 九寨沟县 | Yongle | 永乐镇 |
| Hongyuan | 红原县 | Qiongxi | 邛溪镇 |
| Wenchuan | 汶川县 | Weizhou | 威州镇 |
| Ngawa | 阿坝县 | Aba | 阿坝镇 |
| Li | 理县 | Zagu'nao | 杂谷脑镇 |
| Zoigê | 若尔盖县 | Dagcagoin | 达扎寺镇 |
| Xiaojin | 小金县 | Meixing | 美兴镇 |
| Heishui | 黑水县 | Luhua | 芦花镇 |
| Jinchuan | 金川县 | Jinchuan | 金川镇 |
| Sungqu | 松潘县 b | Jin'an | 进安镇 |
| Zamtang | 壤塘县 | Zamkog | 壤柯镇 |
| Mao | 茂县 | Fengyi | 凤仪镇 |
| a Pinyin: Ma'erkang. b "Songpan". |
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[edit] Tourism
Tourism produced 71.0% of the GDP of the prefecture in 2006.[5] There are many places of interest in the prefecture. For example
- Wolong National Nature Reserve in Wenchuan County is a reserve for giant pandas. It is the best-known place to watch pandas. China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda was established there in 1980.
- Huanglong is a scenic and historic interest area in Songpan County.
- Jiuzhaigou Valley is a nature reserve in Jiuzhaigou County. It is known for its many multi-level waterfalls and colorful lakes, and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992.
- Siguniang Mountain (Chinese: 四姑娘山) is on the border of Xiaojin County (Chinese: 小金县; Tibetan: བཙན་ལྷ) and Wenchuan County.
[edit] Further reading
- A. Gruschke: The Cultural Monuments of Tibet’s Outer Provinces: Amdo - Volume 2. The Gansu and Sichuan Parts 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
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.abazhou.gov.cn/zjab/abgk-jbzq.html
- ^ http://www.abazhou.gov.cn/zjab/abgk-lsmc.html
- ^ "Casualties in Wenchuan Earthquake", Sina.com, 2008-06-02. Retrieved on 2008-06-02. (Chinese)
- ^ "Death Toll in Ngawa Prefecture Rose to 20,258 as of June 6, 18:00 CST", Official website of Ngawa Prefecture Government, 2008-06-07. Retrieved on 2008-06-07. (Chinese)
- ^ http://www.abazhou.gov.cn/zjab/shjj-jjjs.html
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