Golog_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture

Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Autonomous prefectures in Qinghai, People's Republic of China

"Golog" redirects here. For other uses, see Golog (disambiguation).

Golog (Golok[2] or Guoluo) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese: 果洛藏族自治州; pinyin: Guǒluò Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: མགོ་ལོག་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་, Wylie: Mgo-log Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) is an autonomous prefecture occupying the southeastern corner of Qinghai province, People's Republic of China. The prefecture has an area of 76,312 km2 (29,464 sq mi) and its seat is located in Maqên County. Due to its special geographical location and natural environment, the entire autonomous preference has been included in the Chinese largest natural environmental protection area — the Sanjiangyuan National Park.[3]

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Geography

Golog Prefecture is located in the southeastern part of Qinghai, 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 (120–190 mi) 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.

Climate

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Demographics

Amdo Golok Tibetans in 1944 with their distinct clothing

According to the 2000 census, Guoluo has 137,940 inhabitants with a population density of 1.81 inhabitants/km2.

Ethnic groups in Guoluo, 2000 census

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Subdivisions

The prefecture is subdivided into six county-level divisions: six counties:

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Transport

Construction for Guoluo Maqin Airport began in September 2012 and the airport opened on 1 July 2016.[5]

3,000 km (1,900 mi) of new roads are expected to be built by 2015.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    青海省统计局、国家统计局青海调查总队 (August 2016). 《青海统计年鉴－2016》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7834-6. Archived from the original on 2017-12-28. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  2. [2]
    "Flooded Tibet: struggling to adapt to the new reality". Central Tibetan Administration. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-23. On 30 August 2017, a massive landslide buried nine people in Golok Machen region of north eastern Tibet.
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    "Qinghai and the emergence of the west: Nationalities, communal interaction and national integration". The China Quarterly; Cambridge.
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    中国地面国际交换站气候标准值月值数据集（1981－2010年） (in Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
  5. [5]
    "果洛机场14日正式奠基 预计2015年竣工通航". Carnoc. 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
  6. [6]
    "China to invest 3.5b yuan for Tibetan roads". Chinadaily. 2012-09-01. Retrieved 2012-09-05.

Further reading

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