Huangnan
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% |
See also
Coordinates: 35 ° 1 ′ N , 101 ° 29 ′ E