Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (simplified 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 of Qinghai province in China. The prefecture has an area of 76,312 km² and its capital is Maqên county.
Demographics
According to the 2000 census, Golog has 137,940 inhabitants with a population density of 1.81 inhabitants/km².Ethnic groups in Golog, 2000 census
| Nationality | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Tibetan | 126,395 | 91.63% |
| Han | 9,096 | 6.59% |
| Hui | 1,529 | 1.11% |
| Salar | 329 | 0.24% |
| Tu | 302 | 0.22% |
| Others | 289 | 0.21% |
Subdivisions
The prefecture is subdivided into 6 county-level divisions: 6 counties:
- Maqên county (瑪沁縣)
- Baima county (班玛县)
- Gadê county (甘德县)
- Tarlag county (达日县)
- Jigzhi county (久治县)
- Madoi county (玛多县)
Avian Flu
26 May 2006 : 400 migratory birds died in Nagqu prefecture (Nakchu, in Thibet http://www.maps-of-china.com/tibet-s-ow.shtml) with many lakes interestings for migratory birds, and in the Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture by Avian Flu hyghly patogen H5N1. Those places are on a migratory bird corridor between Qinghai lake and India.
Further reading
- A. Gruschke: The Cultural Monuments of Tibet’s Outer Provinces: Amdo - Volume 1. The Qinghai Part of Amdo, White Lotus Press, Bangkok 2001. ISBN 974-480-049-6
- Tsering Shakya: The Dragon in the Land of Snows. A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947, London 1999, ISBN 0-14-019615-3
- B. Horlemann: Modernization Efforts in Golog: A Chronicle, 1970-2000 (.pdf), in: Amdo Tibetans in Transition: Society and Culture in the Post-Mao Era. Edited by Toni Huber. 2: 241-67, 2002.http://www.case.edu/affil/tibet/booksAndPapers/horlemann.pdf
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