Sêrxü County
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Sêrxü County or Sershul, Dzachuka, Serxu, Shiqu, is a county of the Garzê Prefecture, in the Sichuan
province, China.
It is above km² et and mainly covered by graslands. Average level above sea is 4200 m.
It has an area of over 25’000 square kilometres and is predominantly nomadic grassland. The population is around 68’000, 96% of whom are ethnic Tibetan.
By the end of 1997, there was an estimated livestock population of 581’470, mainly yaks, sheep, goats, horses, and a small number of pigs. The human population of Shiqu County was approximately 63’400 and 96.8% were ethnic Tibetans; there were 49’100 herdsmen, representing 77.6% of the population.
Sershul District villages include: Ariksar, Bumser, Changma, Dezhongma, Dzagyel, Geming, Gotsa, Junyung, Jowo, Kabshi, Kilung, Kyewu, Sershul Gompa, Serxu Dzong, Shaksa, Tromsa Genma, Tseboum Soumdo, Tsemkhog, Ombo and Wathul.
Sershul District has several monasteries, including : Ju Mohar, Sershul Gompa, Bumser, Ariksar, Dzagyel, Changma, Trikar, Kabshi and Jowo.
There are about nomads in the district, i.e. 77,6% of the population.
Sichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...
province, China.
Geography
Serxu (sershul) District is situated at the northernmost tip of Sichuan province.It is above km² et and mainly covered by graslands. Average level above sea is 4200 m.
It has an area of over 25’000 square kilometres and is predominantly nomadic grassland. The population is around 68’000, 96% of whom are ethnic Tibetan.
By the end of 1997, there was an estimated livestock population of 581’470, mainly yaks, sheep, goats, horses, and a small number of pigs. The human population of Shiqu County was approximately 63’400 and 96.8% were ethnic Tibetans; there were 49’100 herdsmen, representing 77.6% of the population.
Sershul District villages include: Ariksar, Bumser, Changma, Dezhongma, Dzagyel, Geming, Gotsa, Junyung, Jowo, Kabshi, Kilung, Kyewu, Sershul Gompa, Serxu Dzong, Shaksa, Tromsa Genma, Tseboum Soumdo, Tsemkhog, Ombo and Wathul.
Sershul District has several monasteries, including : Ju Mohar, Sershul Gompa, Bumser, Ariksar, Dzagyel, Changma, Trikar, Kabshi and Jowo.
Demography
The population of the district was inhabitants in 1999.There are about nomads in the district, i.e. 77,6% of the population.