Golog Prefecture
果洛州 · མགོ་ལོག་ཁུལ། | |
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果洛藏族自治州 · མགོ་ལོག་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture | |
Coordinates: 34°07′N 99°19′E / 34.117°N 99.317°E | |
Country | China |
Province | Qinghai |
Prefecture seat | Maqên County (Dawu) |
Area | |
• Total | 74,246 km2 (28,667 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 215,600 |
• Density | 2.9/km2 (7.5/sq mi) |
GDP[1] | |
• Total | CN¥ 3.6 billion US$ 0.6 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 18,238 US$ 2,928 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
ISO 3166 code | CN-QH-26 |
Website | www |
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]
On 30 August 2017, a massive landslide buried nine people in Golok Machen region of north eastern Tibet.