Bairi Tibetan Autonomous County

Bairi County
དཔའ་རིས་རྫོང་ · 天祝县
Tianzhu
དཔའ་རིས་བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་རྫོང༌། · 天祝藏族自治县
Bairi Tibetan Autonomous County
Bairi County (red) within Wuwei City (yellow) and Gansu
Bairi County (red) within Wuwei City (yellow) and Gansu
Bairi County is located in Gansu
Bairi County
Bairi County
Location in Gansu
Bairi County is located in China
Bairi County
Bairi County
Bairi County (China)
Coordinates: 36°58′18″N 103°08′31″E / 36.9718°N 103.1419°E / 36.9718; 103.1419
CountryChina
ProvinceGansu
Prefecture-level cityWuwei
County seatRabgyai (Huazangsi)
Area
 • Total7,149 km2 (2,760 sq mi)
Highest elevation
4,874 m (15,991 ft)
Lowest elevation
2,040 m (6,690 ft)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total151,031
 • Density21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
733200
Websitewww.gstianzhu.gov.cn
Bairi Tibetan Autonomous County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese天祝藏族自治县
Traditional Chinese天祝藏族自治縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTiānzhù Zàngzú Zìzhìxiàn
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese华锐
Traditional Chinese華銳
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuáruì
Tibetan name
Tibetanདཔའ་རིས་བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་རྫོང༌།
Transcriptions
Wyliedpa'a-ris bod-rigs rang-skyong rdzong
Tibetan PinyinBairi Poirig Ranggyong Zong

Bairi Tibetan Autonomous County (Tibetan: དཔའ་རིས་བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་རྫོང༌།), also known as Tianzhu from its Chinese name (Chinese: 天祝藏族自治县), is in the prefecture-level city of Wuwei in the central part of Gansu province, China, bordering Qinghai province to the south and west. It has an area of 7,147 km2 (2,759 sq mi) and approximately 230,000 inhabitants (2003). Its administrative seat is Rabgyai Town (Huazangsi).

  1. ^ "武威市第七次全国人口普查公报" (in Chinese). Government of Wuwei. 2021-05-27.