Hongyuan

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Location of Hongyuan County within Sichuan.

The county Hong Yuan ( Chinese  红原县 , pinyin Hóngyuán Xiàn ) is located in the administrative territory of the Autonomous District Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang in the northern Chinese province of Sichuan , People's Republic of China . Its main town is the large community Qiongxi (邛 溪镇). It has an area of ​​8,398 square kilometers and has a population of 44,588 (2011).

geography

The landscape of Hongyuan County is defined by a grass plain at an average altitude of 3600 m. The average temperature is 1.4 ° C with minimum temperatures of -36 ° C and maximum temperatures of 26 ° C. The watershed between the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers runs through Hongyuan County, the region is an important natural water reservoir for both rivers.

Summer grasslands near the county town of Hongyuan

History of Hongyuan County Town

View of the county seat of Hongyuan with mushroom growing tents

Traditionally, apart from a few Buddhist monasteries, the Hongyuan area was largely populated by nomadic people. From June 1935 to August 1936, the Red Army passed the Hongyuan highlands on the Long March . Since the 1950s there has been a military base on the site of today's county seat, which gradually brought about the settlement of (Han Chinese) businesses. Hongyuan County was established in 1960. The name ("Red Plain") was given by Zhou Enlai in memory of the long march. In recent years there have been an increasing number of programs to build permanent homes for the shepherd population.

economy

The economy of Hongyuan County is largely based on extensive livestock farming and industries based on it, such as B. the production of yak yoghurt. Other industries are tourism, mushroom cultivation, honey and medicinal plants and animals. Hongyuan county seat is the central commercial, administrative, school and military location.

Administrative structure

At the community level, the district consists of two large communities and nine communities . These are (pinyin / chin.)

  • Anqu安 曲 乡municipality
  • Community Longri龙日乡
  • Community Jiangrong江茸乡
  • Charma municipality 查 尔玛 乡
  • Community Waqie瓦切乡
  • Community Amu阿木乡
  • Community Rangkou壤口乡
  • Maiwa parish 麦 洼 乡
  • Sedi municipality 色 地 乡

Ethnic breakdown of the population

2000 census

At the 2000 census, Hongyuan had 37,931 residents

Name of the people Residents proportion of
Tibetans 30,409 80.17%
Han 6,773 17.86%
Qiang 359 0.95%
Hui 336 0.89%
Bouyei 12 0.03%
Yao 8th 0.02%
Bai 7th 0.02%
Tujia 6th 0.02%
Manju 4th 0.01%
Yi 4th 0.01%
Uighurs 4th 0.01%
Miao 3 0.01%
Others 6th 0.02%

Main residence 2011

An evaluation of the census of November 1, 2010 at district level is not yet available. In the statistical comparison of the main residences according to the population register in 2011, Hongyuan had 44,588 inhabitants, which means a growth of approx. 17% compared to the census population of 2000. The proportions of the Han and the Tibetan population have remained almost unchanged.

Name of the people Residents proportion of
Tibetans 37,076 83.15%
Han 6,849 15.36%
Qiang 374 0.84%
Hui 226 0.51%
Others 63 0.14%

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Coordinates: 32 ° 52 ′ 34.9 ″  N , 102 ° 32 ′ 23.9 ″  E