Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Golog Prefecture
果洛州 · མགོ་ལོག་ཁུལ།
果洛藏族自治州 · མགོ་ལོག་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་
Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Eastern Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Eastern Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Location of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai
Location of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai
Coordinates: 34°07′N 99°19′E / 34.117°N 99.317°E / 34.117; 99.317
CountryChina
ProvinceQinghai
Prefecture seatMaqên County (Dawu)
Area
 • Total74,246 km2 (28,667 sq mi)
Population
 • Total215,600
 • Density2.9/km2 (7.5/sq mi)
GDP[1]
 • TotalCN¥ 3.6 billion
US$ 0.6 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 18,238
US$ 2,928
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 codeCN-QH-26
Websitewww.guoluo.gov.cn

Golog (Golok[2] or Guoluo) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese: 果洛藏族自治州; pinyin: Guǒluò Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: མགོ་ལོག་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་, Wylie: Mgo-log Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) is an autonomous prefecture occupying the southeastern corner of Qinghai province, China. The prefecture has an area of 76,312 km2 (29,464 sq mi) and its seat is located in Maqên County. Due to its special geographical location and natural environment, the entire autonomous preference has been included in the Chinese largest natural environmental protection area — the Sanjiangyuan National Park.[3]

  1. ^ 青海省统计局、国家统计局青海调查总队 (August 2016). 《青海统计年鉴-2016》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7834-6. Archived from the original on 2017-12-28. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  2. ^ "Flooded Tibet: struggling to adapt to the new reality". Central Tibetan Administration. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-23. On 30 August 2017, a massive landslide buried nine people in Golok Machen region of north eastern Tibet.
  3. ^ "Qinghai and the emergence of the west: Nationalities, communal interaction and national integration". The China Quarterly; Cambridge.