Maqên County | |
Native Name: | Chinese: 玛沁县 · |
Other Name: | Maqin |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Settlement Type: | County |
Pushpin Map: | China Qinghai |
Pushpin Label: | Maqên |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the county seat in Qinghai |
Coor Pinpoint: | Maqên County government |
Coordinates: | 34.478°N 100.2389°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Qinghai |
Subdivision Type2: | Autonomous prefecture |
Subdivision Name2: | Golog |
Seat Type: | County seat |
Seat: | Dawo (Dawu) |
Area Total Km2: | 13400 |
Population Total: | 58117 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation Ft: | 12140 |
Elevation M: | 3700 |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Order: | st |
S: | 县 |
T: | 縣 |
P: | Mǎqìn Xiàn |
W: | Ma-ch‘in hsien |
Wylie: | rma chen rdzong |
Zwpy: | Maqên Zong |
Maqên or Maqin County is a county of Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
The county is named for Anyê Maqên, the Tibetan name for a revered local mountain.
Maqên is divided into two towns and six townships:
Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Administrative division code | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Towns | ||||||
Dawo Town (Dawu) | Chinese: 大武镇 | 632621100 | ||||
Ra'gya Town (Lajia) | Chinese: 拉加镇 | 632621101 | ||||
Townships | ||||||
Dawo Township (Dawu) | Chinese: 大武乡 | 632621200 | ||||
Domkog Township (Dongqinggou) | Chinese: 东倾沟乡 | 632621201 | ||||
Kangri Township (Xueshan) | Chinese: 雪山乡 | 632621202 | ||||
Damai Township (Xiadawu) | Chinese: 下大武乡 | 632621203 | ||||
Yigxung Township (Youyun) | Chinese: 优云乡 | 632621204 | ||||
Tanglag Township (Dangluo) | Chinese: 当洛乡 | 632621205 | ||||
Maqên County has a subalpine climate (Köppen Dwc) bordering on an alpine tundra climate