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Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Tibetan
Tibetan language

The Tibetan languages are a cluster of mutually unintelligible Tibeto-Burman languages spoken primarily by Tibetan peoples who live across a wide area of eastern Central Asia bordering South Asia, including the Tibetan Plateau and the northern Indian subcontinent in Baltistan, Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhutan....
: ??????????????????????????????? , Wylie transliteration
Wylie transliteration

The Wylie transliteration scheme is a method for transliteration the Tibetan script using only the letters available on a typical English language typewriter....
: dkar mdzes bod rigs rang skyong khul; Chinese
Chinese language

Chinese or the Sinitic language is a language family consisting of language mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the two branches of Sino-Tibetan languages of languages....
: ???????, Pinyin
Pinyin

Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most commonly used Romanization system for Standard Mandarin. Hanyu is the Chinese Language, and pinyin means "phonetics", or more literally, "spelling sound" or "spelled sound"....
: Ganzi Zàngzú Zìzhìzhou) is an autonomous prefecture in Sichuan
Sichuan

is a Province in western China proper with its capital in Chengdu. The current name of the province, ?? , is an abbreviation of ??? , or "Four circuit #Circuits in East Asia of rivers", which is itself abbreviated from ???? , or "Four circuits of rivers and gorges", named after the division of the existing circuit into four during the Song...
 whose capital is Kangding
Kangding

Kangding or Dardo is the name of a county and a town in Garz? Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in western Sichuan Province, China. In the west, Dardo was previously known as Tachienlu or Tatsienlu, after the Chinese transcription Daji?nl? ??? of the Tibetan name Darz?do....
 (Dardo). It is also known as Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous State and as Gantse Prefecture. It is sometimes spelled as "Kardze" by non-government sources.

The area is 151,078 square kilometers and the population is approximately 880,000, with Tibetans
Tibetan people

group = Tibetans|image = File:Bundesarchiv Bild 135-BB-046-03, Tibetexpedition, Tibeter.jpg|caption =|population = between 5 and 10 million...
 accounting for 77.8% of the population.

e was traditionally part of the Tibetan region known as Kham
Kham

Kham , is a region presently divided between the China provinces of the Tibetan Autonomous Region, and Sichuan where Khampas, a subgroup within the Tibetan ethnicity, live....
.






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Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Tibetan
Tibetan language

The Tibetan languages are a cluster of mutually unintelligible Tibeto-Burman languages spoken primarily by Tibetan peoples who live across a wide area of eastern Central Asia bordering South Asia, including the Tibetan Plateau and the northern Indian subcontinent in Baltistan, Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhutan....
: ??????????????????????????????? , Wylie transliteration
Wylie transliteration

The Wylie transliteration scheme is a method for transliteration the Tibetan script using only the letters available on a typical English language typewriter....
: dkar mdzes bod rigs rang skyong khul; Chinese
Chinese language

Chinese or the Sinitic language is a language family consisting of language mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the two branches of Sino-Tibetan languages of languages....
: ???????, Pinyin
Pinyin

Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most commonly used Romanization system for Standard Mandarin. Hanyu is the Chinese Language, and pinyin means "phonetics", or more literally, "spelling sound" or "spelled sound"....
: Ganzi Zàngzú Zìzhìzhou) is an autonomous prefecture in Sichuan
Sichuan

is a Province in western China proper with its capital in Chengdu. The current name of the province, ?? , is an abbreviation of ??? , or "Four circuit #Circuits in East Asia of rivers", which is itself abbreviated from ???? , or "Four circuits of rivers and gorges", named after the division of the existing circuit into four during the Song...
 whose capital is Kangding
Kangding

Kangding or Dardo is the name of a county and a town in Garz? Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in western Sichuan Province, China. In the west, Dardo was previously known as Tachienlu or Tatsienlu, after the Chinese transcription Daji?nl? ??? of the Tibetan name Darz?do....
 (Dardo). It is also known as Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous State and as Gantse Prefecture. It is sometimes spelled as "Kardze" by non-government sources.

The area is 151,078 square kilometers and the population is approximately 880,000, with Tibetans
Tibetan people

group = Tibetans|image = File:Bundesarchiv Bild 135-BB-046-03, Tibetexpedition, Tibeter.jpg|caption =|population = between 5 and 10 million...
 accounting for 77.8% of the population.

History

Garze was traditionally part of the Tibetan region known as Kham
Kham

Kham , is a region presently divided between the China provinces of the Tibetan Autonomous Region, and Sichuan where Khampas, a subgroup within the Tibetan ethnicity, live....
. During the period of rule by the Republic of China
Republic of China

The Republic of China , also known as Nationalist China is a country in East Asia that has evolved from a single-party state with full global recognition into a multi-party democratic state with Political status of Taiwan....
 (1911-1949), it became nominally part of Xikang province
Xikang

Xikang or Sikang , is a defunct province of the Republic of China , comprising most of the Kham region of traditional Tibet, where Khampas, a subgroup of the Tibetan ethnicity, live....
, 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
Qinghai

is a provinces of China of the People's Republic of China, named after Qinghai Lake. It borders Gansu on the northeast, the Xinjiang on the northwest, Sichuan on the southeast, and Tibet Autonomous Region on the southwest....
, Ma Bufang
Ma Bufang

Ma Bufang , was a prominent Ma clique warlord in China during the Republic of China era, ruling the northwestern province of Qinghai. He was the son of Ma Qi , who formed the Ninghai Army in Qinghai in 1915, and received civilian and military posts from the Beiyang Government in Beijing in that same year confirming his military and civilian a...
. Chinese warlord Liu Wenhui
Liu Wenhui

Liu Wenhui, or Liu Wen-hui was one of the warlords of Sichuan Province during China's Warlord era. Liu Wenhui who rose to prominence in Sichuan in the 1920s and 1930s, came from a peasant family....
 reoccupied Garze, and signed an agreement with the Tibetans formalizing his control of the area east of the Yangtze River
Yangtze River

The Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang , is the longest river in China and Asia, and the List of rivers by length in the world, after the Nile in Africa and the Amazon River in South America....
, which corresponds roughly with eastern Kham. In 1950, following the defeat of the Kuomintang
Kuomintang

The Kuomintang of China , also often translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party, is the founding and the ruling party of the Republic of China ....
 forces by the People's Liberation Army
People's Liberation Army

The People's Liberation Army is the unified military organization of all land, sea, and air forces of the People's Republic of China. The PLA was established on August 1, 1927 ? celebrated annually as "PLA Day" ? as the military arm of the Communist Party of China....
, the area fell within the control of the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
. Eastern Xikang was merged with Sichuan in 1955, where Garze became an autonomous prefecture.

Subdivisions


Garzê comprises 18 counties:

  • Kangding County (Kangdìng ???), administrative centre: Lucheng
    Lucheng

    Lucheng is a county-level city in southern Shanxi province of the People's Republic of China. It covers an area of 615 km? and has a population of 210,000....
     (Lúchéng ???)
  • Danba County (Danba ???), administrative centre: Zhaggo (Zhanggu ???)
  • Luhuo County (Lúhuò ???), administrative centre: Xindu (Xindu ???)
  • Jiulong County (Jiulóng ???), administrative centre: Garba
    Garba

    Garba could mean* Garba , a form of dance originating in Gujarat, India.* Garba , Oil lamps lighted in honour of Hindu Goddesses during Navratri....
     (Xia’er ???)
  • Garzê County
    Garzê County

    Garz? County is one of the 18 subdivisions of the Garz? Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, China. The Yalong River passes just south of the town Garz?, also known as Ganzi, the capital town of the county, which has some 9,000 inhabitants , many of them ethnic Tibetans, and is famous for its Tibetan lamasery....
     (Ganzi ???), administrative centre: Garzê (Ganzi ???)
  • Yajiang County (Yajiang ???), administrative centre: Hekou (Hékou ???)
  • Xinlong County (Xinlóng ???), administrative centre: Rulong (Rúlóng ???)
  • Dawu County (Dàofú ???), administrative centre: Xianshui (Xianshui ???)
  • Baiyü County (Báiyù ???), administrative centre: Jianshe (Jiànshè ???, „Construction“)
  • Litang County (Litáng ???), administrative centre: Gaocheng (Gaochéng ???)
  • Dêgê County (Dégé ???)—including Axu town, the traditional birthplace of Gesar of Ling—, administrative centre: Goinqên (Gèngqìng ???)
  • Xiangcheng County (Xiàngchéng ???), administrative centre: Xambala (Xiangbala ????)
  • Sêrxü County
    Sêrxü County

    The County of Sershul, also called Dzachuka in Tibetan, is located in Kham, eastern Tibet.It is part of Kardze Prefecture , in Sichuan.Other spellings include: Serxu, Shiqu....
     (Shíqú ???), administrative centre: Nyongxar (Níxia ???)
  • Daocheng County (Dàochéng ???), administrative centre: Jinzhu (Jinzhu ???)
  • Sêrtar County (Sèdá ???), administrative centre: Sêrkog (Sèke ???)
  • Batang County
    Batang County

    Batang County is a county of China located in western Garz? Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, People's Republic of China. Government address: Xiaqiong Town, Batang County, Ganzi, Sichuan 627650....
     (Batáng ???), administrative centre: Xarqung (Xiàqióng ???)
  • Luding County
    Luding County

    Luding County is a part of the Garz? Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the People's Republic of China Province of Sichuan. Luding County covers an area of 2,165 km? and has a population of approximately 80,000 ....
     (Lúdìng ???), administrative centre: Luqiao (Lúqiáo ???)
  • Dêrong County (Déróng ???), administrative centre: Sangmai (Songmài ???)


Population

According to the census of 2000, Garzê had a population of 897,239 (population density: 5.94 people/km²).

Footnotes


External links

  • Travel information on Garzê TAP towns and villages : , (in between both highways), and (south of both highways)