Xiahe County

Xiahe County
夏河县 · བསང་ཆུ་རྫོང་།
Sangqu
Labrang Monastery
Xiahe County (red) within Gannan Prefecture (yellow) and Gansu
Xiahe County (red) within Gannan Prefecture (yellow) and Gansu
Xiahe is located in Gansu
Xiahe
Xiahe
Xiahe is located in China
Xiahe
Xiahe
Coordinates (Xiahe County government): 35°12′00″N 102°31′03″E / 35.20000°N 102.51750°E / 35.20000; 102.51750
CountryChina
ProvinceGansu
Autonomous prefectureGannan
County seatLabrang
Area
 • Total6,274 km2 (2,422 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total86,355
 • Density14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
747100
Websitewww.xiahe.gov.cn
Xiahe County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese夏河县
Traditional Chinese夏河縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiàhé Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanབསང་ཆུ་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wyliebsang chu rdzong
Tibetan PinyinSangchu Zong

Xiahe County (Chinese: 夏河县; Tibetan: བསང་ཆུ་རྫོང་།) is a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province, China, bordering Qinghai province to the west. The name (both Chinese and Tibetan), which literally means "Xia River", refers to the Daxia River which runs through the county. It is home to the famed Labrang Tibetan Buddhist monastery, one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. The town is populated largely by ethnic Tibetans, as well as some Hui and Han Chinese. The area is highly rural and pastoral (including yak and other animal rearing). The geography is mountainous. In recent years it has become a tourist attraction. The county was named Xiahe in 1928, after the Daxia River that flows through its territory.

Xiahe school (note the mottos in English, Chinese, and Tibetan)
Near Sangkog, Gansu Province
  1. ^ "甘南州第七次全国人口普查公报" (in Chinese). Government of Gannan Prefecture. 27 May 2021.