Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
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Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 玉树藏族自治州; pinyin: Yùshù Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: ཡུལ་ཤུལ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ / Yul-shul Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) is an autonomous prefecture in Qinghai. The prefecture has an area of 188,794 km² and its capital is Gyêgu township (Gyêgu Zhen) in Yushu county, which is the place of the old Tibetan trade mart of Jyekundo [[Chin. Gyêgu, Pinyin Jiegu]]. The area belongs to the cultural realm of Kham in eastern Tibet.
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[edit] Economics
Agricultural, trees, wheat, millet.
[edit] Population
[edit] Ethnic groups in Yushu, 2005 Yushu Statistical Yearbook[1]
| Nationality | Population | Percentage |
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| Tibetan | 288,829 | 97.25% |
| Han | 7,594 | 2.56% |
| Hui | 295 | 0.01% |
| Monguor | 138 | <0.01% |
| Salar | 64 | <0.01% |
| Mongol | 50 | <0.01% |
| Manchu | 22 | <0.01% |
| Others | 12 | <0.01% |
This statistics only includes the registered population, not the floating population which is estimated at about 50-60,000 for the entire prefecture.
[edit] Subdivisions
The prefecture is subdivided into 6 county-level divisions: 6 counties:
- Yushu county (玉树县)
- Zadoi county (杂多县)
- Chindu county (称多县)
- Zhidoi county (治多县)
- Nangqên county (囊谦县)
- Qumarlêb county (曲麻莱县)
[edit] References and further reading
- ^ Yushu Zangzu Zizhizhou Tongjiju [Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Statistics Bureau]: Yushu Tongjiju Nianjian 2005 [Yushu Statistical Yearbook 2005], Yushu 2006
- [1] Yushu Zangzu Zizhizhou Tongjiju [Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Statistics Bureau]: Yushu Tongjiju Nianjian 2005 [Yushu Statistical Yearbook 2005], Yushu 2006
- A. Gruschke: The Cultural Monuments of Tibet’s Outer Provinces: Kham. Vol. 2 - The Yushu Part of Kham, Bangkok 2005 ISBN 974-480-049-6
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| Tibet Autonomous Region | (consists of Lhasa · Nagqu · Qamdo · Shannan · Xigazê · Ngari · Nyingchi) |  |
| in Gansu Province | Gannan · Tianzhu | |
| in Qinghai Province | Haibei · Hainan · Haixi (Mongols and Tibetans) · Huangnan · Golog · Yushu | |
| in Sichuan Province | Garzê · Ngawa (Tibetans and Qiang) · Muli | |
| in Yunnan Province | Dêqên | |
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See also Political divisions of China
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