Sungqu

Location of Sungqu in Sichuan

Tibetan name
Tibetan script : ཟུང་ ཆུ་
Wylie transliteration : zung chu
Official transcription of the PRCh : Sungqu
Other spellings: Sungchu; Zungchu

Old town of Sungqu

Large stupa in the Kirti Gonpa monastery in Sungqu

Sungqu , Chinese: Songpan , ( Chinese  松潘 县 , Pinyin Sōngpān Xiàn ) is a district of the Ngawa Autonomous District of the Tibetans and Qiang in the north of the Chinese province of Sichuan . Its main town is the Jin'an community (进 安镇). The district has an area of ​​8486 km² and approx. 70,000 inhabitants （at the end of 2006）.

The ancient city wall of Sungqu ( Songpan gu chengqiang松潘 古 城墙) has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (5-386) since 2001 .

Administrative structure

Sungqu County is made up of two large parishes , twenty-one parishes, and two nationality parishes . These are:

• Greater community Jin'an进安镇, seat of the county government
• Greater community Chuanzhusi川主寺镇
• Community Anhong安宏乡
• Community Baiyang白羊乡
• Community Caoyuan草原乡
• Daxing municipality 大姓 乡
• Dazhai Township 大 寨乡
• Community Hongtu红土乡
• Community Hongzha红扎乡
• Community Huanglong黄龙乡
• Minjiang Township 岷江 乡
• Mouni municipality 牟尼 乡
• Community Qinyun青云乡
• Community Shanba山巴乡
• Community Shangbazhai上八寨乡
• Community Shijiabao施家堡乡
• Community Shui水晶乡
• Community Xiabazhai下八寨乡
• Xiaohe Township 小 河乡
• Community Xiaoxing小姓乡
• Community Yanyun燕云乡
• Community Zhenjiangguan镇江关乡
• Zhenping Township 镇 坪乡
• Community Jin'an of Hui进安回族乡
• Community Shili the Hui十里回族乡

Ethnic breakdown of the population (2000)

In the 2000 census, Sungqu County had 69,079 inhabitants.

Name of the people	Residents	proportion of
Tibetans	28,484	41.23%
Han	24,167	34.98%
Hui	9,968	14.43%
Qiang	6,372	9.22%
Mongols	35	0.05%
Manju	8th	0.01%
Bai	8th	0.01%
Zhuang	6th	0.01%
Miao	5	0.01%
Uighurs	5	0.01%
Tujia	5	0.01%
Others	16	0.02%

Web links

Commons : Songpan  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website - Chinese

Coordinates: 32 ° 37 '  N , 103 ° 36'  E