Jainca County

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Jainca 尖扎县 · གཅན་ཚ་རྫོང་། Chentsa, Jainzha
County
Lijiaxia lake in Janica
Jainca County (light red) within Huangnan Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
Jainca Location of the seat in Qinghai
Coordinates: 35°56′18″N 102°02′00″E / 35.93833°N 102.03333°E / 35.93833; 102.03333
Country	China
Province	Qinghai
Autonomous prefecture	Huangnan
County seat	Markhu Thang
Area
• Total	1,714 km2 (662 sq mi)
Elevation	1,990 m (6,530 ft)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	58,173
• Density	34/km2 (88/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	811200
Area code	0973
Website	www.jianzha.gov.cn

Jainca County, Chentsa County or Jainzha County (Tibetan: གཅན་ཚ།, Wylie: gcan tsha; Chinese: 尖扎县; pinyin: Jiānzhā Xiàn) is a county in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province, China, to Tibetans in the area known as Malho Prefecture, part of Amdo. There are six townships, three towns and a total of 79 administrative villages in Chentsa county. The county has an area of 1714 square kilometres and a population of ~50,000 (2001), 67% Tibetan. The county seat is the town of Markhu Thang.