Gar County

Gar County (Tibetan: སྒར་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 噶尔县), formerly Senge Tsangpo County, is a district (county) in the Ngari Prefecture of the western Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The main town is Shiquanhe (Sênggêkanbab), also called "Gar", on account of being the county seat, and "Ali", on account of being the seat of Ngari Prefecture.

Gar County
噶尔县སྒར་རྫོང་།
Senge Tsangpo, Gaer
PLA emblem on the hill near Shiquanhe
Location of Gar County within Tibet Autonomous Region
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Location of the seat in the Tibet AR
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Gar (Tibet)
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Gar (China)
Coordinates (Gar County government): 32°29′32″N 80°05′48″E
CountryChina
Autonomous regionTibet
PrefectureNgari
County seatSênggêkanbab (Shiquanhe, Gar)
Area
  Total17,669.72 km2 (6,822.32 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total31,052
  Density1.8/km2 (4.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitege.al.gov.cn
Gar County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese噶尔县
Traditional Chinese噶爾縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanསྒར་རྫོང་།
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