Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 甘南藏族自治州; pinyin: Gānnán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: -ཀན་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ / Kan-lho Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) is an autonomous prefecture in southern Gansu Province, China. It includes Xiahe and the Labrang Monastery, Luqu, Maqu, and other mostly Tibetan towns and villages. Gannan has an area of 40,898 km² and its capital is Hezuo. According to the 2000 census, Gannan has 640,106 ... more

Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 甘南藏族自治州; pinyin: Gānnán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: -ཀན་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ / Kan-lho Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) is an autonomous prefecture in southern Gansu Province, China. It includes Xiahe and the Labrang Monastery, Luqu, Maqu, and other mostly Tibetan towns and villages. Gannan has an area of 40,898 km² and its capital is Hezuo. According to the 2000 census, Gannan has 640,106 inhabitants (population density: 15.65 inhabitants per km²). 1 county level city, 7 counties. less