Hezuo

Hezuo city (Chinese: 合作市), also known as from its Tibetan name (Tibetan: གཙོས་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།), is the administrative seat of the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP) in southern Gansu province in Northwestern China. It is home to the Gêndên Qöling (Zö Gönba) and its Milaraiba Tower, the Langshangmaio Temple, and a mosque. There is a breed of pig, the Zoi Swine (a.k.a. Silverweed Pig), from here and the whole Gannan TAP also.

Hezuo
合作市 · གཙོས་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།
"Tso Monastery" in Hezuo
Hezuo City (red) within Gannan Prefecture (yellow) and Gansu
Hezuo
Location in Gansu
Hezuo
Hezuo (China)
Coordinates (Hezhou municipal government): 35°00′01″N 102°54′37″E
CountryChina
ProvinceGansu
Autonomous prefectureGannan
Municipal seatGyamkar Subdistrict
Area
  Total2,670 km2 (1,030 sq mi)
Elevation
2,883 m (9,459 ft)
Population
 (2020)
  Total112,173
  Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
747000
Area code(0)941
Websitewww.hezuo.gov.cn
Hezuo
Chinese name
Chinese合作市
Tibetan name
Tibetanགཙོས་གྲོང་ཁྱིར།
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