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'Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Region' (
Tibetan: དཀར་མཛེས་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ ,
Wylie transliteration: ''dkar mdzes bod rigs rang skyong khul'';
Chinese: 甘孜藏族自治州,
Pinyin: ''Gānzī Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu'') is an
autonomous prefecture in
Sichuan whose capital is
Kangding (Dardo).
The area is 151,078 square kilometers and the population is approximately 880,000, with
Tibetans accounting for 77.8% of the population.
History
Garze was traditionally part of the Tibetan region known as
Kham. During the period of rule by the
Republic of China (
1911-
1949), it became nominally part of
Xikang province, which included parts of former Kham. In
1930, a Tibetan army invaded Garze, capturing it without much resistance. However, in
1932, the Tibetan army withdrew after suffering defeats elsewhere at the hands of the warlord of
Qinghai,
Ma Bufang. Chinese warlord
Liu Wenhui reoccupied Garze, and signed an agreement with the Tibetans formalizing his control of the area east of the
Yangtze River, which corresponds roughly with eastern Kham. In
1950, following the defeat of the
Kuomintang forces by the
People's Liberation Army, the area fell within the control of the
People's Republic of China. Xikang was merged with Sichuan in
1955, where Garze became an autonomous prefecture.
Subdivisions
Garzê is comprised of 18 counties:
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Dardo (Kāngdìng 康定县), administrative centre:
Lucheng (Lúchéng 炉城镇)
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Rongxar or Rongzhag (Dānbā 丹巴县), administrative centre:
Zhaggo (Zhānggǔ 章谷镇)
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Luhuo (Lúhuò 炉霍县), administrative centre:
Xindu (Xīndū 新都镇)
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Gyaisi (Jiǔlóng 九龙县), administrative centre:
Garba (Xiā’ěr 呷尔镇)
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Garzê (Gānzī 甘孜县), administrative centre:
Garzê (Gānzī 甘孜镇)
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Nyagla or Nyagquka (Yǎjiāng 雅江县), administrative centre:
Hekou (Hékǒu 河口镇)
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Nyagrong (Xīnlóng 新龙县), administrative centre:
Rulong (Rúlóng 茹龙镇)
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Dawu (Dàofú 道孚县), administrative centre:
Xianshui (Xiǎnshuǐ 鲜水镇)
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Baiyü (Báiyù 白玉县), administrative centre:
Jianshe (Jiànshè 建设镇, „Construction“)
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Litang (Lǐtáng 理塘县), administrative centre:
Gaocheng (Gāochéng 高城镇)
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Dêgê (Dégé 德格县)—including
Axu town, the traditional birthplace of
Gesar of Ling—, administrative centre:
Goinqên (Gèngqìng 更庆镇)
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Qagchêng (Xiàngchéng 乡城县), administrative centre:
Xambala (Xiāngbālā 香巴拉镇)
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Sêrxü (Shíqú 石渠县), administrative centre:
Nyongxar (Níxiā 尼呷镇)
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Dabba (county) (Dàochéng 稻城县), administrative centre:
Jinzhu (Jīnzhū 金珠镇)
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Sêrtar (Sèdá 色达县), administrative centre:
Sêrkog (Sèkē 色柯镇)
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Batang (Bātáng 巴塘县), administrative centre:
Xarqung (Xiàqióng 夏邛镇)
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Jagsamka (Lúdìng 泸定县), administrative centre:
Luqiao (Lúqiáo 泸桥镇)
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Dêrong (Déróng 得荣县), administrative centre:
Sangmai (Sōngmài 松麦镇)
Population
According to the census of 2000, Garzê had a population of 897,239 (population density: 5.94 people/km²).
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