Tianjun County | |
Other Name: | Têmqên |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Settlement Type: | County |
Pushpin Map: | Qinghai |
Pushpin Label: | Tianjun |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the city centre in Qinghai |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Qinghai |
Subdivision Type2: | Autonomous prefecture |
Subdivision Name2: | Haixi |
Seat Type: | County seat |
Seat: | Xinyuan |
Area Total Km2: | 25989 |
Population Total: | 23203 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Note: | [1] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Order: | st |
S: | 天峻县 |
T: | 天峻縣 |
P: | Tiānjùn Xiàn |
Wylie: | them chen rdzong |
Zwpy: | Têmqên Zong |
Tianjun County, in Tibetan Themchen, is a county of Qinghai Province, China, bordering Gansu Province to the north. It is under the administration of the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The county seat in Xinyuan Town.
Tianjun County is divided into 3 towns and 7 townships.
Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Mongolian (traditional script) | Mongolian (Cyrillic) | Administrative division code |
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Towns | |||||||
Xinyuan Town (Xêyoin) | Chinese: 新源镇 | 632823100 | |||||
Muri Town (Muli, Mêri) | Chinese: 木里镇 | 632823101 | |||||
Jianghe Town (Jongqu) | Chinese: 江河镇 | 632823102 | |||||
Townships | |||||||
Karmar Township (Kuai'erma) | Chinese: 快尔玛乡 | 632823200 | |||||
Zhugkyung Township (Zhouqun) | Chinese: 舟群乡 | 632823201 | |||||
Chagmar Township (Zhihema) | Chinese: 织合玛乡 | 632823202 | |||||
Sur Township (Suru, Suli) | Chinese: 苏里乡 | 632823203 | |||||
Sênggê Township (Sengge, Shengge) | Chinese: 生格乡 | 632823204 | |||||
Yangkêng Township (Yangkang) | Chinese: 阳康乡 | 632823205 | |||||
Lungmar Township (Longmen) | Chinese: 龙门乡 | 632823206 | |||||
The county is served by the Qinghai–Tibet Railway; its Tianjun railway station is located near the county seat, Xinyuan Town.
Large coalfields are worked near Muli Town in the northern part of the county, at the elevation around 4,000 m above the sea level.[2] The Muli coal fields are connected with the Ha'ergai railway station on the Qinghai–Tibet Railway by a 195km (121miles) long branch railway, whose two sections are known as the Tsaidar Railway (Chinese: [[:zh:柴达尔铁路|柴达尔铁路]]) and the Tsaidar-Muli Railway (Chinese: [[:zh:柴木铁路|柴木铁路]]).