Têmqên

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Location of Têmqên County (pink) in the Haixi Autonomous District of the Mongols and Tibetans (yellow)

The county Têmqên ( Chinese  天 峻 县 , Pinyin Tiānjùn Xiàn ) is a district in the northeast of the Haixi Autonomous District of the Mongols and Tibetans in the Chinese province of Qinghai . In 1999 it had 17,519 inhabitants.

Founded in 1812, Ahandale Monastery is a Gelugpa monastery at the foot of Ahandale Shan.

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  1. http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/work/downloads/faqs/1999_pop_faq.html

Coordinates: 37 ° 55 '  N , 98 ° 39'  E