Huangnan

Huangnan (red) in the Chinese province of Qinghai

The Tibetan Huangnan Autonomous District ( Chinese 黄南藏族自治州 , Pinyin Huángnán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu , Tibetan : རྨ་ ལྷོ་ བོད་ རིགས་ རང་སྐྱོང་ ཁུལ་ ; Wylie transliteration : Rma-lho Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul ) is located in the east of the Chinese province of Qinghai and is part of the Tibetan cultural region of Amdo . The Tibetan name is Malho. Its administrative seat ("capital") is the large community Rongwo ( 隆务镇 Longwu zhen ) in the Rebkong valley. Huangnan has an area of 17,921 km².

Administrative structure

Huangnan is composed of three counties and one autonomous county:

Tongren district ( 同仁县 ), capital: Rongwo municipality ( 隆务镇 ), 3,465 km², approx. 80,000 inhabitants (2004);
Jainca district ( 尖扎县 ), main town: Magitang municipality ( 马克唐镇 ), 1,712 km², approx. 50,000 inhabitants (2004);
District of Zêkog ( 泽库县 ), main town: Large municipality of Zêqu ( 泽曲镇 ), 6,494 km², approx. 50,000 inhabitants (2004);
Henan Autonomous District of the Mongols ( 河南蒙古族自治县 ), main town: Yêgainnyin ( 优干宁镇 ), 6,250 km², approx. 30,000 inhabitants (2004).

Ethnic breakdown of the population (2000)

In the 2000 census, Huangnan had 214,642 inhabitants (population density: 11.98 inh / km²).

Name of the people	Residents	proportion of
Tibetans	142,360	66.32%
Mongols	29,071	13.54%
Hui	16,411	7.65%
Han	16,194	7.54%
Do	8,445	3.93%
Salar	1,530	0.71%
Others	631	0.31%

Huangnan

Administrative structure

Ethnic breakdown of the population (2000)

See also