Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

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Garze Tibetan Autonomous Region (Chinese: 甘孜藏族自治州; pinyin: Gānzī Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu, Tibetan - དཀར་མཛེས་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ / Dkar-mdzes bod-rigs rang-skyong khul) is an autonomous prefecture in Sichuan whose capital is Kangding County.

The area is 153,000 square kilometers and the population is approximately 880,000, with Tibetans accounting for 77.8% of the population.

Subdivisions

Garzê is comprised of 18 counties:

Baiyu County
Batang County
Danba County
Daocheng county
Dawu County
Dege County (including Axu town, the traditional birthplace of Gesar of Ling)
Derong County
Garze County
Jiulong County
Kangding County
Litang County
Luding County
Luhuo County
Seda County
Shiqu County
Sinlung county
Xiangcheng County
Yajiang County

Prefecture-level divisions of Sichuan

'''Sub-provincial cities:	Chengdu
'''Prefecture-level cities:	Bazhong \| Dazhou \| Deyang \| Guang'an \| Guangyuan \| Leshan \| Luzhou \| Meishan Mianyang \| Nanchong \| Neijiang \| Panzhihua \| Suining \| Ya'an \| Yibin \| Zigong \| Ziyang
'''Autonomous prefectures:	Ngawa \| Garzê \| Liangshan

List of Sichuan County-level divisions

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