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Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Huangnan Prefecture
黃南州 · རྨ་ལྷོ་ཁུལ།
Autonomous prefectures
黄南藏族自治州 · རྨ་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་
Location of Huangnan Prefecture in Qinghai
Location of Huangnan Prefecture in Qinghai
Country China
Province Qinghai
Prefecture seat Tongren County
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)

Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 黄南藏族自治州; traditional Chinese: 黃南藏族自治州; pinyin: Huángnán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: རྨ་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་Wylie: rma lho bod rigs rang skyong khul) is an autonomous prefecture of eastern Qinghai, China, bordering Gansu to the east. The prefecture has area of 17,921 km2 (6,919 sq mi) and its seat is in Tongren County.

According to the 2000 census, Huangnan has 214,642 inhabitants with a population density of 11.98 inhabitants/km² (31.03 inhabitants/sq. mi.).

The prefecture is subdivided into 4 county-level divisions: 3 counties and 1 autonomous county:

Huangnan is home to Rongwo Monastery, a Gelug monastery initially established in 1341 in Amdo on the Rongwo River.

Coordinates: 35°31′36″N 102°00′50″E / 35.5267°N 102.014°E / 35.5267; 102.014


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