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'Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture' (; 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 capital is Hezuo.

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Population

Ethnic groups in Gannan, 2000 census

Subdivisions

Further reading

Population

According to the 2000 census, Gannan has 640,106 inhabitants (population density: 15.65 inhabitants per km²).

Ethnic groups in Gannan, 2000 census

Nationality	Population	Percentage
Tibetan	329,278	51.44%
Han	267,260	41.75%
Hui	41,163	6.43%
Tu	939	0.15%
Dongxiang	258	0.04%
Manchu	257	0.04%
Salar	222	0.03%
Mongols	215	0.03%
Others	514	0.09%

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.

Further reading

★ A. Gruschke: ''The Cultural Monuments of Tibet’s Outer Provinces: Amdo - Volume 2. The Gansu and Sichuan Parts 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