Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
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The Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese: 阿坝藏族羌族自治州; Pinyin: Ābà Zàngzú Qiāngzú Zìzhìzhōu, Tibetan - རྔ་བ་བོད་རིགས་ཆ་བ༹ང་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ / Rnga-ba Bod-rigs dang Chavang-rigs rang skyong khul) is an autonomous prefecture in Sichuan whose capital is Barkam county. It has an area of 83,201 km².
Demographics
As of 2000 the Prefecture had 847.468 inhabitants. The population is 52.3% Tibetan, 26.6% Han, 17.7% Qiang, 3.2% Hui.
Language
Ngawa's linguistic situation is complex, there are mainly three languages: Tibetan, Jiarong and Qiang.
History
In 1956 the Ngawa Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture was established, in 1987 it became the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture.
Subdivisions
The region is composed of 13 counties:
- 汶川县 Wenchuan
- 理县 Lixian County
- 黑水县 Heishui County
- 茂县 Mao County
- 马尔康县 Barkam County
- 小金县 Xiaojin County
- 金川县 Jinchuan County
- 壤塘县 Zamtang County
- 松潘县 Sungqu County
- 红原县 Hongyuan County
- 阿坝县 Aba County
- 若尔盖县 Zoigê County
- 九寨沟县 Jiuzhaigou county
Prefecture-level divisions of Sichuan
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