Maqu County (simplified Chinese: 玛曲县; traditional Chinese: 瑪曲縣; pinyin: Mǎqū Xiàn; Tibetan: རྨ་ཆུ་རྫོང་།, Wylie: Rma chu rdzong, ZYPY: Maqu Zong) is a county of the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the south of Gansu province of the People's Republic of China, bordering the provinces of Sichuan to the east and southeast, and Qinghai to the southwest, west and northwest. Its postal code is 747300, and in 1999 its population was 36,213 people.[1] The area of Maqu County is 10,191 km2 with an average altitude of 3,700 meters.[2] Maqu County receives high rainfall and is located at the northern edge of the Zoigê Marshes on the Yellow River where conditions are optimal for alpine meadow vegetation.[2]

Maqu County རྨ་ཆུ་རྫོང་།· 玛曲县
County
Maqu County (red) within Gannan Prefecture (yellow) and Gansu
Coordinates (Maqu government): 33°59′52″N 102°04′22″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Gansu
Autonomous prefecture	Gannan
Area
• Total	10,190 km2 (3,930 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	57,900
• Density	5.7/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	747300

Administrative divisions

Maqu County (玛曲县) is divided to 6 towns and 2 townships.[3]

Towns

Townships

• Oulaxiuma Township (欧拉秀玛乡)
• Muxihe Township (木西合乡)

See also

• List of administrative divisions of Gansu

References

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