Barkam
马尔康市 · འབར་ཁམས་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། · Muerkvua shi Ma'erkang | |
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 Overview of the city of Barkam | |
.png) Barkam City (red) in Ngawa Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan | |
  Barkam Location of the seat in Sichuan  Barkam Barkam (China) | |
| 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]
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b 马尔康市历史沿革 [Ma'erkang Organizational History]. xzqh.org (in Chinese). 2015-12-17. Archived from the original on 2024-02-03. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
- ^ 马尔康市概况地图 [Ma'erkang Overview]. xzqh.org (in Chinese). 2015-12-17. Archived from the original on 2022-06-17. Retrieved 2024-02-03.