Sunan Yugur Autonomous County

Sunan County
肃南县
Autonomous county
肃南裕固族自治县
Sunan Yugur Autonomous County
Sunan gate, on the Chinese Yugur Scenic Corridor
Sunan gate, on the Chinese Yugur Scenic Corridor
Sunan in Zhangye
Sunan in Zhangye
Zhangye in Gansu
Zhangye in Gansu
Sunan is located in Gansu
Sunan
Sunan
Location of the seat in Gansu
Sunan is located in China
Sunan
Sunan
Sunan (China)
Coordinates: 38°50′19″N 99°37′07″E / 38.83861°N 99.61861°E / 38.83861; 99.61861
CountryChina
ProvinceGansu
Prefecture-level cityZhangye
County seatHongwansi [zh]
Area
 • Total
20,176.7 km2 (7,790.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
27,762
 • Density1.4/km2 (3.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
734400
Websitewww.gssn.gov.cn
Sunan Yugur Autonomous County
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese肅南裕固族自治縣
Simplified Chinese肃南裕固族自治县
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSùnán Yùgùzú Zìzhìxiàn
other Mandarin
Xiao'erjingسُ‌نًا یُوِقُ‌زُو زِجِ‌ثِیًا
Tibetan name
Tibetanསུའུ་ནན་ཡུས་ཀུའུ་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wyliesuʼu nan yus kuʼu rigs rang skyong rdzong
Tibetan PinyinSunain Yügurig Ranggyongzong
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicСүнань ёгорын үндэстний өөртөө засах шянь
Mongolian scriptᠰᠦᠨᠠᠨᠢ ᠶᠣᠭᠣᠷ ᠤᠨ ᠦᠨᠳᠦᠰᠦᠲᠡᠨ ᠦ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ
Transcriptions
SASM/GNCsüneni yogor ündüsüten-ü öbertegen ǰasaꭓu siyan

Sunan Yugur Autonomous County (Chinese: 肃南裕固族自治县) is an autonomous county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhangye, Gansu Province, China, bordering Qinghai province to the south. It is home to the majority of the Yugur ethnic group. The seat of government is in the town of Hongwansi [zh] (红湾寺镇).

The autonomous county spans an area of 20,176.7 square kilometres (7,790.3 sq mi), and is home to a total population of 39,283 as of 2021.[2] The autonomous county is ethnically diverse, with large populations of Han Chinese, Yugurs, and Tibetans, with none comprising a majority.[2]

Sunan Yugur Autonomous County consists of three separate areas: Mínghua District, situated in the plains in the northwest, and Huángcheng District, situated in the mountains in the southeast, are separated from the main part of the county.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "张掖市第七次全国人口普查公报" (in Chinese). Government of Zhangye. 2021-06-01.
  2. ^ a b 肃南概况 [Sunan Overview]. gssn.gov.cn (in Chinese). Sunan Yugur Autonomous County People's Government. 2022-05-11. Archived from the original on 2022-09-10. Retrieved 2022-09-10.