Barkam

Barkam or Markang or Muerkvua is a county-level city in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, in the northwest of Sichuan province, China. The city seat is the town of Barkam. As of the 2010 Chinese Census, Barkam has a population of 58,437.

Barkam
马尔康市 · འབར་ཁམས་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། · Muerkvua shi
Ma'erkang
Overview of the city of Barkam
Barkam City (red) in Ngawa Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Barkam
Location of the seat in Sichuan
Barkam
Barkam (China)
Coordinates (Barkam municipal government): 31°54′21″N 102°12′23″E
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureNgawa
SeatBarkam Town
Area
  Total6,639 km2 (2,563 sq mi)
Elevation
2,615 m (8,579 ft)
Population
 (2020)
  Total58,390
  Density8.8/km2 (23/sq mi)
Postal code
624000
Area code0837
Websitewww.maerkang.gov.cn
Barkam
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese马尔康
Traditional Chinese馬爾康
Tibetan name
Tibetanའབར་ཁམས།
Qiang name
QiangMuerkvua
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