Barkam
马尔康市 · འབར་ཁམས་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། · Muerkvua shi Ma'erkang | |
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![]() Overview of the city of Barkam | |
![]() Barkam City (red) in Ngawa Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan | |
Coordinates (Barkam municipal government): 31°54′21″N 102°12′23″E / 31.9057°N 102.2065°E | |
Country | China |
Province | Sichuan |
Autonomous prefecture | Ngawa |
Seat | Barkam Town |
Area | |
• Total | 6,639 km2 (2,563 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2,615 m (8,579 ft) |
Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 58,390 |
• Density | 8.8/km2 (23/sq mi) |
Postal code | 624000 |
Area code | 0837 |
Website | www |
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Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 马尔康 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 馬爾康 | ||||||
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Tibetan name | |||||||
Tibetan | འབར་ཁམས། | ||||||
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Qiang name | |||||||
Qiang | Muerkvua |
Barkam or Markang or Muerkvua is a county-level city in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, in the northwest of Sichuan province, China. The city seat is the town of Barkam.[2][3] As of the 2010 Chinese Census, Barkam has a population of 58,437.[2]