Yajiang County

Nyagqu County
雅江县 · ཉག་ཆུ་རྫོང་།
Yajiang, Nyagchukha, Nyagquka
County
Location of Yajiang County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Location of Yajiang County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Yajiang is located in Sichuan
Yajiang
Yajiang
Location of the seat in Sichuan
Yajiang is located in China
Yajiang
Yajiang
Yajiang (China)
Coordinates: 30°01′55″N 101°00′50″E / 30.032°N 101.014°E / 30.032; 101.014
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureGarzê
County seatQuka Town (Hekou)
Area
 • Total7,558 km2 (2,918 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total51,162
 • Density6.8/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.yajiang.gov.cn
Yajiang County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese雅江县
Traditional Chinese雅江縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYǎjiāng Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanཉག་ཆུ་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wylienyag chu rdzong
Tibetan PinyinNyagqu Zong

Nyagqu County (Tibetan: ཉག་ཆུ་རྫོང་།, Wylie: nyag chu rdzong, ZYPY: Nyagqu Zong, Nyagchukha, Nyagquka) or Yajiang County (Chinese: 雅江县; pinyin: Yǎjiāng Xiàn), named after Nyagchukha in Tibetan, is a county of the traditional Kham Region of eastern Tibet. It is currently under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in the west of Sichuan Province, China.

  1. ^ "甘孜州第七次全国人口普查公报（第二号）" (in Chinese). Government of Garzê Prefecture. 2021-06-04.