Xiahe County

Xiahe County 夏河县 · བསང་ཆུ་རྫོང་། Sangqu
County
Labrang Monastery
Xiahe County (red) within Gannan Prefecture (yellow) and Gansu
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Coordinates (Xiahe County government): 35°12′00″N 102°31′03″E / 35.20000°N 102.51750°E / 35.20000; 102.51750
Country	China
Province	Gansu
Autonomous prefecture	Gannan
County seat	Labrang
Area
• Total	6,274 km2 (2,422 sq mi)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	86,355
• Density	14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	747100
Website	www.xiahe.gov.cn

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.