Jiuzhaigou County
Jiuzhaigou County (Chinese: 九寨沟县; Tibetan: གཟི་རྩ་སྡེ་དགུ་རྫོང་།; Qiang: Rrggucua) is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. Formerly called Nanping County (南坪县; Nánpíng Xiàn), it was renamed in 1998 to reflect the fact that the Jiuzhaigou Valley is located within its administration. The county seat, Nanping, was created in 2013 by the merger of Yongle Town (永乐镇), Yongfeng Township (永丰乡), and Anle Township (安乐乡).
Jiuzhaigou County
九寨沟县 · གཟི་རྩ་སྡེ་དགུ་རྫོང་། · Rrggucua Sizadêgu | |
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Pearl Shoals Waterfalls, Jiuzhaigou | |
Location of Jiuzhaigou County (light red) in Ngawa (yellow) and Sichuan (light gray) | |
Jiuzhaigou Location of the seat in Sichuan Jiuzhaigou Jiuzhaigou (China) | |
| Coordinates: 33°16′N 104°14′E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Ngawa |
| Seat | Nanping (Nainpin) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,286 km2 (2,041 sq mi) |
| Elevation (County seat) | 1,400 m (4,600 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 66,055 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (32/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 623400 |
| Website | www |
| Jiuzhaigou County | |||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 九寨沟县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 九寨溝縣 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | གཟི་རྩ་སྡེ་དགུ་རྫོང་། | ||||||
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| Qiang | Rrggucua | ||||||
The county consists of nine villages in a valley in Sichuan Province. The main ethnic group in the county is Han, with the second being Tibetan. The county seat has an altitude of about 1,400 m (4,600 ft). It has a total area of 2,041 square miles (5,286 km2). As of 2015, the county's total population was 67,519.