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Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 海南藏族自治州; pinyin: Hǎinán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: མཚོ་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་; Wylie: Mtsho-lho Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) is an autonomous prefecture of Qinghai province in China. The prefecture has an area of 45,895 km² and its capital is Gonghe county. The placename literally means "south of the Qinghai Lake."
[edit] Demographics
According to the 2000 census, the prefecture has 375,426 inhabitants with a population density of 8.18 inhabitants/km².
[edit] Ethnic groups in Hainan, 2000 census
[edit] Subdivisions
The prefecture is subdivided into 6 county-level divisions: 6 counties: Gonghe county (共和县),Tongde county (同德县), Guide county (贵德县), Xinghai county (兴海县), Guinan county (贵南县) Tibetan Trika dzong
[edit] Further reading
- A. Gruschke: The Cultural Monuments of Tibet’s Outer Provinces: Amdo - Volume 1. The Qinghai Part 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
Coordinates: 36°16′27″N 100°37′17″E / 36.27417°N 100.62139°E / 36.27417; 100.62139
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