Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Simplified Chinese: 甘南藏族自治州; Pinyin: Gānnán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: -དཀར་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ / Dkar-lho Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) is an autonomous prefecture in southern Gansu Province, China. It includes Xiahe and the Labrang Monastery, Luqu, Maqu, and other mostly Tibetan towns and villages. Gannan has an area of 40,898 km² and its captial is Hezuo. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1500x1417, 501 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiÇŽntǐzì; also called 简化字/簡化字, jiÇŽnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Hanyu Pinyin: , lit. ... The Tibetan language is typically classified as member of the Tibeto-Burman which in turn is thought by some to be a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. ... Prefecture, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. ... Gansu (Simplified Chinese: 甘肃; Traditional Chinese: 甘肅; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kan-su, Kansu, or Kan-suh) is a province located in the northwest of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Xiahe (Chinese: 夏河, pinyin: Xiàhé) is a town in Gansu province, China, in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. ... Labrang Monastery is one of the six great monasteriesis of the Geluk (Yellow Hat) school of Tibetan Buddhism, of which the Dalai Lama is a member. ... Hezuo (Chinese: 合作; Pinyin: Hézuò) is the administrative seat of the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southern Gansu Province, China. ...

Population

According to the 2000 census, Gannan has 640,106 inhabitants (population density: 15.65 inhabitants per km²). This article is about the year 2000. ... 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...

Ethnic groups in Gannan, 2000 census

The Peoples Republic of China officially describes itself as a multi-ethnic unitary state and as such officially recognizes 56 nationalities or mínzú (民族), within China: the Han being the majority (>92%), and the remaining 55 nationalities being the national minorities. ... The Tibetan people are a people living in Tibet and some surrounding areas. ... Han Chinese (Simplified Chinese: 汉族; Traditional Chinese: 漢族; Pinyin: hànzú) is a term which refers to the majority ethnic group within China and the largest single human ethnic group in the world. ... The Hui people (Chinese: 回族; Pinyin: ) are a Chinese ethnic group, typically distinguished by their practice of the Islamic religion. ... The Tu (土) people are an ethnic group. ... The Dongxiang people (own name: Sarta or Santa; Simplified Chinese: 东乡族 Traditional Chinese︰東鄉族; Pinyin: Dōngxiāngzú) are an ethnic group closely related to the Mongolians, who practice Islam. ... The Manchu (Manchu: Manju; Simplified Chinese: 满族; Traditional Chinese: 滿族; Hanyu pinyin: ) are a Tungusic people who originated in Northeastern Asia, collectively known in English as Manchuria. ... The Salar people are an ethnic group in eastern Qinghai and southwestern Gansu. ... The Mongols are an ethnic group that originated in what is now Mongolia, Russia, and China. ...

Subdivisions

1 county level city, 7 counties.

• County level city: Hezuo
• County: Lintan county, Choni county, Chouqu county, Diebu county, Maqu county, Laqu county, Xiahe county.

Hezuo (Chinese: 合作; Pinyin: Hézuò) is the administrative seat of the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southern Gansu Province, China. ... Xiahe (Chinese: 夏河, pinyin: Xiàhé) is a town in Gansu province, China, in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. ...