Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Golog (Golok or Guoluo) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese: 果洛藏族自治州; pinyin: Guǒluò Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: མགོ་ལོག་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་, Wylie: Mgo-log Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) is an autonomous prefecture occupying the southeastern corner of Qinghai province, People's Republic of China. The prefecture has an area of 76,312 km2 (29,464 sq mi) and its seat is located in Maqên County. Due to its special geographical location and natural environment, the entire autonomous preference has been included in the Chinese largest natural environmental protection area — the Sanjiangyuan National Park.

Golog Prefecture
果洛州 · མགོ་ལོག་ཁུལ།
果洛藏族自治州 · མགོ་ལོག་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་
Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Eastern Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Location of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceQinghai
Prefecture seatMaqên County (Dawu)
Area
  Total74,246 km2 (28,667 sq mi)
Population
  Total215,600
  Density2.9/km2 (7.5/sq mi)
GDP
  TotalCN¥ 3.6 billion
US$ 0.6 billion
  Per capitaCN¥ 18,238
US$ 2,928
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 codeCN-QH-26
Websitewww.guoluo.gov.cn
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