Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Gannan Prefecture
甘南州 · ཀན་ལྷོ་ཁུལ། | |
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| Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州 · ཀན་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ། | |
Labrang Monastery, Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture | |
Location of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture within Gansu | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Gansu |
| Prefecture Seat | Hezuo |
| Government | |
| • Type | Autonomous prefecture |
| • CCP Secretary | Yu Chenghui |
| • Congress Chairman | Tashi Cao |
| • Governor | Zhao Lingyun |
| • CPPCC Chairman | Rinchen Thondup |
| Area | |
| • Total | 40,898 km2 (15,791 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 689,132 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
| • Major Ethnic Groups | Tibetan−51.44% Han−41.75% Hui−6.43% |
| GDP | |
| • Total | CN¥ 12.7 billion US$ 2.0 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 17,990 US$ 2,888 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-GS-30 |
| Website | www |
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| Traditional Chinese | 甘南藏族自治州 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 甘南藏族自治州 | ||||||||||
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| Tibetan | ཀན་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ། | ||||||||||
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Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese: 甘南藏族自治州; pinyin: Gānnán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: ཀན་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་, Wylie: Kan-lho Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul, ZYPY: Gainlho Poirig Ranggyong Kü) is an autonomous prefecture in southern Gansu Province, China, bordering Linxia to the north, Dingxi to the northeast, Longnan to the east and Aba (Sichuan province) to the south. It includes Xiahe and the Labrang Monastery, Luqu, Maqu and other mostly Tibetan towns and villages. Gannan has an area of 40,898 km2 (15,791 sq mi) and its capital is Hezuo city (Zoi). In the first year of the proclamation of Gannan Autonomous District, the district-seat was at the Labrang Town of Sangqu.
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