Batang (Garzê)
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The circle Batang ( Tibetan : ཐང ་. འབའ་ , Bathang , Wylie transliteration : 'ba' thang , Chinese 巴塘縣 / 巴塘县 , pinyin Batang Xiàn ) is part of the Autonomous County Garzê of Tibetans in the Chinese province of Sichuan . In 1999 it had 44,355 inhabitants. Its main town is the large community of Qakyung ( 夏 邛 鎮 / 夏 邛 镇 , Xiàqióng ).
The district is on the east bank of Jinsha Jiang . It borders on Yunnan and Tibet .
Sights are the place Longwangtang and the Buddhist Kangning monastery (Kangning si 康宁 寺).
The Tibetan folk dance Xianzi from Batang is on the list of the intangible cultural heritage of the People's Republic of China , as is the Tibetan opera from there.
In 1870 the place was destroyed by a severe earthquake .
Administrative structure
At the community level, the district consists of one large community and eighteen communities. These are (chin.):
- Greater community Qakyung复邛镇, the capital, the seat of county government
- Lawa parish 拉 哇 乡
- Community Dangba党巴乡
- Zhubalong Township 竹 巴 龙乡
- Zhongxinrong Township 中心 绒 乡
- Community Suwalong苏哇龙乡
- Community Changbo昌波乡
- Dewu parish 地 巫 乡
- Community Zhongza中咱乡
- Community Yarigong亚日贡乡
- Bomi municipality 波密 乡
- Moduo municipality 莫 多 乡
- Community Songduo松多乡
- Bogexi municipality 波戈 溪乡
- Jiaying Township 甲 英 乡
- Municipality of Cuola措 拉 乡
- Community Chaluo茶洛乡
- Lieyi municipality 列 衣 乡
- Community Deda德达乡
Ethnic breakdown of the population (2000)
At the 2000 census, Batang had 43,814 residents.
| Name of the people | Residents | proportion of |
|---|---|---|
| Tibetans | 41,802 | 95.41% |
| Han | 1.952 | 4.46% |
| Hui | 18th | 0.04% |
| Yi | 13 | 0.03% |
| Naxi | 12 | 0.03% |
| Bai | 6th | 0.01% |
| Miao | 4th | 0.01% |
| Others | 7th | 0.02% |
Web links
- Official website
- Info page - Chinese
- The happy Tibetan folk dance - Xianzi from Batang
- Kangning Monastery
- Kangning si - Chinese
Footnotes
Coordinates: 30 ° 1 ' N , 99 ° 15' E