Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
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Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture of Qinghai
province in China
. The prefecture has an area
of 76,312 km² and its capital is Maqên County
.
, in the upper basin of the Yellow River
.
Gyaring Lake
and Ngoring Lake
on the western edge of the prefecture are considered to be the source of the Yellow River
. However, these lakes do receive water from rivers that flow from locations even further west, in Qumarleb County
of the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
The lay of the land of the prefecture is largely determined by the Amne Machin
mountain range (max elevation 6,282 m), which runs in the general northwest- to-southeast direction across the entire prefecture, and beyond. The existence of the ridge results in one of the great bends of the Yellow River
, which first flows for several hundreds of kilometers toward the east and southeast along through the entire Golog Prefecture, along the southern side of the Amne Machin Range, until it reaches the borders of Gansu and Sichuan; it and then turns almost 180 degrees and flows toward the northwest for 200-300 km through several prefectures of the northeastern Qinghai, forming a section of the northeastern border of the Golog prefecture.
Several sections of the Sanjiangyuan ("Sources of Three Rivers") National Nature Reserve
are within the prefecture.
, Guoluo has 137,940 inhabitants with a population density of 1.81 inhabitants/km².
Qinghai
Qinghai ; Oirat Mongolian: ; ; Salar:) is a province of the People's Republic of China, named after Qinghai Lake...
province in China
China
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. The prefecture has an area
Area
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of 76,312 km² and its capital is Maqên County
Maqên County
Maqên County is a county of Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture....
.
Geography
Golog Prefecture is located in the southeastern part of QinghaiQinghai
Qinghai ; Oirat Mongolian: ; ; Salar:) is a province of the People's Republic of China, named after Qinghai Lake...
, in the upper basin of the Yellow River
Yellow River
The Yellow River or Huang He, formerly known as the Hwang Ho, is the second-longest river in China and the sixth-longest in the world at the estimated length of . Originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai Province in western China, it flows through nine provinces of China and empties into...
.
Gyaring Lake
Gyaring Lake
Gyaring Lake（) or Zhaling Lake is a large freshwater lake in the Yellow River catchment in China, it is in the southeast of Qinghai Province.The name of lake means "Long Grey Lake" in Tibetan language. Gyaring Lake is 526 km 2, with a drainage area of 8161 km 2, an elevation of 4292 m, length 35...
and Ngoring Lake
Ngoring Lake
Ngoring Lake（）or Ngoreng Lake or Eling Lake is a large freshwater lake in the Yellow River catchment, it is in the southeast of Qinghai Province.The name of lake means "Long Blue Lake" in Tibetan language. Ngoring Lake is 610.7 km 2, with a drainage area of 18,188 km 2, an elevation of 4268 m,...
on the western edge of the prefecture are considered to be the source of the Yellow River
Yellow River
The Yellow River or Huang He, formerly known as the Hwang Ho, is the second-longest river in China and the sixth-longest in the world at the estimated length of . Originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai Province in western China, it flows through nine provinces of China and empties into...
. However, these lakes do receive water from rivers that flow from locations even further west, in Qumarleb County
Qumarleb County
Qumarlêb County Qumarlêb County Qumarlêb County (Tibetan pinyin: ཆུ་དམར་ལེབ་རྫོང; is a county in the northeast of the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, south-central Qinghai province, Western China...
of the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
The lay of the land of the prefecture is largely determined by the Amne Machin
Amne Machin
Amne Machin is the highest peak of a mountain range named Amne Machin , or, in Chinese,Animaqing Shan in the province of Qinghai in west-central China.-Geography:...
mountain range (max elevation 6,282 m), which runs in the general northwest- to-southeast direction across the entire prefecture, and beyond. The existence of the ridge results in one of the great bends of the Yellow River
Yellow River
The Yellow River or Huang He, formerly known as the Hwang Ho, is the second-longest river in China and the sixth-longest in the world at the estimated length of . Originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai Province in western China, it flows through nine provinces of China and empties into...
, which first flows for several hundreds of kilometers toward the east and southeast along through the entire Golog Prefecture, along the southern side of the Amne Machin Range, until it reaches the borders of Gansu and Sichuan; it and then turns almost 180 degrees and flows toward the northwest for 200-300 km through several prefectures of the northeastern Qinghai, forming a section of the northeastern border of the Golog prefecture.
Several sections of the Sanjiangyuan ("Sources of Three Rivers") National Nature Reserve
Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve
The Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve The Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve The Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve (SNNR; ; Tibetan: (གཙང་གསུམ་འབུང་ཁུངས་རང་བྱུང་སྲུང་སྐྱོབ་ཁུལ།) also referred to as the Sanjiangyuan Nature Reserve, or the Three Rivers Nature Reserve, is the area of Qinghai...
are within the prefecture.
Demographics
According to the 2000 censusCensus
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, Guoluo has 137,940 inhabitants with a population density of 1.81 inhabitants/km².
Ethnic groups in Guoluo, 2000 census
| Nationality | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Tibetan Tibetan people The Tibetan people are an ethnic group that is native to Tibet, which is mostly in the People's Republic of China. They number 5.4 million and are the 10th largest ethnic group in the country. Significant Tibetan minorities also live in India, Nepal, and Bhutan... |
126,395 | 91.63% |
| Han Han Chinese Han Chinese are an ethnic group native to China and are the largest single ethnic group in the world.Han Chinese constitute about 92% of the population of the People's Republic of China , 98% of the population of the Republic of China , 78% of the population of Singapore, and about 20% of the... |
9,096 | 6.59% |
| Hui Hui people The Hui people are an ethnic group in China, defined as Chinese speaking people descended from foreign Muslims. They are typically distinguished by their practice of Islam, however some also practice other religions, and many are direct descendants of Silk Road travelers.In modern People's... |
1,529 | 1.11% |
| Salar | 329 | 0.24% |
| Tu Tu people The Monguor or Tu people , White Mongol/Chagan Mongol are one of the 56 officially recognized ethnic groups in the People's Republic of China. The "Tu" ethnic category was created in the 1950s.... |
302 | 0.22% |
| Others | 289 | 0.21% |
Subdivisions
The prefecture is subdivided into 6 county-level divisions: 6 counties:| Map | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan Tibet Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people... |
Wylie Wylie transliteration The Wylie transliteration scheme is a method for transliterating Tibetan script using only the letters available on a typical English language typewriter. It bears the name of Turrell V. Wylie, who described the scheme in an article, A Standard System of Tibetan Transcription, published in 1959... |
Population (2003 est.) |
Area (km²) | Density (/km²) |
| 1 | Maqên County Maqên County Maqên County is a county of Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.... |
玛沁县 | Mǎqìn Xiàn | rma chen rdzong | 40,000 | 13,636 | 3 | |
| 2 | Baima County Baima County Banma County is a county of Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The Red Army of the Chinese Communist Party passed through Baima in 1936 during the Long March. The seat of Baima county is in Moba township .-References:... |
班玛县 | Bānmǎ Xiàn | pad ma rdzong | 20,000 | 6,452 | 3 | |
| 3 | Gadê County Gadê County Gadê County is a county of Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.... |
甘德县 | Gāndé Xiàn | dga' bde rdzong | 20,000 | 7,143 | 3 | |
| 4 | Darlag County Darlag County Darlag County is a county of Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.... |
达日县 | Dárì Xiàn | dar lag rdzong | 30,000 | 15,385 | 2 | |
| 5 | Jigzhi County Jigzhi County Jigzhi County is a county of Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.... |
久治县 | Jiǔzhì Xiàn | gcig sgril rdzong | 20,000 | 8,696 | 2 | |
| 6 | Madoi County Madoi County Madoi County is a county of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China. It's area is about 25,000km² and with average elevation 4,300m is highest county of China.... |
玛多县 | Mǎduō Xiàn | rma stod rdzong | 10,000 | 25,000 | <1 | |
Further reading
- A. Gruschke: The Cultural Monuments of Tibet’s Outer Provinces: Amdo - Volume 1. The Qinghai Part of Amdo, White Lotus Press, Bangkok 2001. ISBN 974-480-049-6
- Tsering Shakya: The Dragon in the Land of Snows. A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947, London 1999, ISBN 0-14-019615-3
- B. Horlemann: Modernization Efforts in Golog: A Chronicle, 1970-2000 (.pdf), in: Amdo Tibetans in Transition: Society and Culture in the Post-Mao Era. Edited by Toni Huber. 2: 241-67, 2002.http://www.case.edu/affil/tibet/booksAndPapers/horlemann.pdf