Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County (天祝藏族自治县 Tiānzhù Zàngzú Zìzhìxiàn; Tibetan: -ཐེན་ཀྲུའུ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ / then kru bod rigs rang skyong khul)) is in the prefecture-level city of Wuwei in the Chinese province of Gansu. It has an area of 7,147km² and approximately 230,000 inhabitants (2003). Its administrative seat ("capital") is the town of Huazangsi.
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Ethnic groups in Tianzhu, 2000 census
| Nationality | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Han | 139,190 | 62.88% |
| Tibetan | 66,125 | 29.87% |
| Tu | 12,633 | 5.71% |
| Hui | 1,986 | 0.9% |
| Mongol | 961 | 0.43% |
| Manchu | 213 | 0.1% |
| Dongxiang | 90 | 0.04% |
| Uyghur | 40 | 0.02% |
| Miao | 23 | 0.01% |
| Others | 86 | 0.04% |
Further reading
- A. Gruschke: The Cultural Monuments of Tibet’s Outer Provinces: Amdo - Volume 2. The Gansu and Sichuan Parts 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
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Coordinates: 37°08′39.73″N 102°46′38.50″E / 37.1443694°N 102.7773611°E
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