Songpan County

Songpan County
松潘县 · ཟུང་ཆུ་རྫོང་། · Ssez
Sungqu
Terrace in Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area
Location of Songpan County (red) within Ngawa Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Location of Songpan County (red) within Ngawa Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Songpan is located in Sichuan
Songpan
Songpan
Location of the seat in Sichuan
Songpan is located in China
Songpan
Songpan
Songpan (China)
Coordinates: 32°39′N 103°36′E / 32.650°N 103.600°E / 32.650; 103.600
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureNgawa
County seatJin'an
Area
 • Total8,486 km2 (3,276 sq mi)
Elevation
2,867 m (9,406 ft)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total66,937
 • Density7.9/km2 (20/sq mi)
 • Major nationalities
Tibetan Han Qiang Hui
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
623300
Area code0837
Websitewww.songpan.gov.cn
Songpan County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese松潘县
Traditional Chinese松潘縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSōngpān Xiàn
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese松州
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSōngzhōu
Tibetan name
Tibetanཟུང་ཆུ་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wyliezung chu rdzong
Tibetan PinyinSungqu Zong
Qiang name
QiangSsez

Songpan County, formerly Songzhou, is a county in northwestern Sichuan province, China, and is one of the 13 counties administered by the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. It has an area of 8,486 square kilometres (3,276 sq mi), and a population of approximately 68,000 composed of Tibetan, Qiang, Han and Hui populations.

  1. ^ "阿坝州第七次全国人口普查公报第二号——县(市)人口情况" (in Chinese). Government of Ngawa Prefecture. 2021-06-11.