Golog
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Tibetan script :
མགོ་ ལོག་ བོད་ རིགས་ རང་སྐྱོང་ ཁུལ་
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Wylie transliteration : mgo log bod rigs rank skyong khul
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Pronunciation in IPA : [
kolok ]
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Official transcription of the PRCh : Golog
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THDL transcription : Golok
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Other spellings: -
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Traditional :
果洛 藏族 自治州
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Simplified :
果洛 藏族 自治州
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Pinyin : Guǒluò Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu
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The Tibetan Golog Autonomous District ( Chinese 果洛 藏族 自治州 , Pinyin Guǒluò Zàngzú zìzhìzhōu ) is located in the southeast of the Chinese province of Qinghai and is part of the Tibetan cultural region of Amdo . Its administrative seat is the Dawo municipality in Maqên County . Golog has an area of 76,312 km², which can be used almost exclusively by nomads.
In Golog, several monasteries of the Jonang School (a separate school within Tibetan Buddhism ) have survived and, according to local Tibetans, Golog is the place of origin of the hero king, King Gesar . As his patron deity, the mountain god Make Pomra, who has his residence in the holy mountain Amnye Make (Chinese: Animaqing Shan).
population
At the census in 2000 Golog had 137,940 inhabitants (population density: 1.81 inh / km²).
| Name of the people | Residents | proportion of |
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| Tibetans | 126,395 | 91.63% |
| Han | 9.096 | 6.59% |
| Hui | 1,529 | 1.11% |
| Salar | 329 | 0.24% |
| Do | 302 | 0.22% |
| Others | 289 | 0.21% |
Administrative structure
The autonomous district is made up of six districts:
| Surname | Wylie transliteration | Chinese | Pinyin | Area (km²) | Inhabitants (2004) | main place |
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| Maqên | make up | 玛沁 县 | Mǎqìn Xiàn | 13,636 | approx. 40,000 | Large community Dawo (Dàwǔ Zhèn 大 武 镇) |
| Baima | pad ma | 班 玛 县 | Bānmǎ Xiàn | 6,452 | approx. 20,000 | Large municipality of Sêraitang (Sàiláitáng Zhèn 赛 来 塘镇) |
| Gadê | dga 'bde | 甘德 县 | Gāndé Xiàn | 7.143 | approx. 20,000 | Greater community Koqu (Kēqǔ Zhen柯曲镇) |
| Darlêg | there lay | 达 日 县 | Dárì Xiàn | 15,385 | approx. 20,000 | Greater community Gyümai (Jimai Zhen吉迈镇) |
| Jigzhi | gcig sgril | 久 治 县 | Jiǔzhì Xiàn | 8,696 | approx. 20,000 | Greater community Chugqênsumdo (Zhìqīngsōngduō Zhen智青松多镇) |
| Madoi | rma stod | 玛多 县 | Mǎduō Xiàn | approx. 25,000 | about 10,000 | Huanghe Municipality (Huánghé Xiàng 黄河 乡) |
The historically significant Sêrtar district was previously part of the Golog region, but is now part of the Garzê district in Sichuan Province .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monasteries of the Jonang Sect in Golog ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (China Tibet Information Center); Gruschke 2001, p. 83 (Lungkya Gompa), 89 (Achonggya Gompa)
- ↑ The Birth Place of King Gesar ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (China Tibet Information Center). The nomadic tribes in neighboring Yushu also make the same claim .
- ↑ Gruschke 2001, p. 73
literature
- Lamaist Sites of the Amnye Make Region (Golog), in: A. Gruschke: “The Cultural Monuments of Tibet's Outer Provinces: Amdo - Volume 1. The Qinghai Part of Amdo”, Bangkok 2001, pp. 73-90.
Coordinates: 34 ° 7 ' N , 99 ° 19' E