Batang County

Batang County
County
Tibetan transcription(s)
• Tibetan	འབའ˙ཐང
• Wylie	'ba'tang
Chinese transcription(s)
• Chinese	巴塘县
• Pinyin	Bātáng Xiàn
The capital, Batang Town
Location of Batang County (red) in the Garzê Prefecture and Sichuan
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Sichuan
Prefecture	Garzê
County seat	Batang Town
Population (1990)
• County	47,256
• Metro	5,212
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Area code(s)	0836
Website	http://www.batang.gov.cn/

Batang County (Standard Tibetan: འབའ˙ཐང; Simplified Chinese: 巴塘县; Pinyin: Bātáng Xiàn) is a county located in western Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China. Government address: Xiaqiong Town, Batang County, Ganzi, Sichuan 627650. Area code: 0836. The main administrative centre is known as Batang Town or Xiaqiong Town.

1990 statistics give its population as 47,256, with 42,044 living in rural areas and 5,212 living in urban areas. The nationalities mainly consist of Tibetans, Hans, and Yis, Hui, and Qiang. By far the most numerous group are the Tibetans whose population is given as 44,601. It is 260 km (160 mi) from north to south and 45 km (28 mi) west to east and has an area of 8,186 km² (3,161 sq mi).

It borders on Xiangcheng County and Litang County in the east. Derong County to the south, Mangkang, Yanqing, and Gonju counties of Tibet and Dêqên County of Yunnan in the west, across the Jinsha or "Golden Sands" River (the upper course of the Yangtze). It borders Baiyu County to the north.