Area code(s) 0837 Local time Monday 12:25 AM | Prefecture seat Barkam (Barkam Town) GDP Total ¥ 23.4 billion [2013] Population 919,987 (2013) | |
Time zone China Standard (UTC+08:00) Weather -8°C, Wind S at 2 km/h, 60% Humidity Points of interest Jiuzhaigou, Huanglong - Sichuan, Wolong National Nature R, Mount Siguniang, Min Mountains | ||
Photos from before the earthquake in aba ngaba sichuan
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, also known as Aba (Tibetan: རྔ་བ་བོད་རིགས་དང་ཆང་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་, Wylie: rnga ba bod rigs cha'ang rigs rang skyong khul; Qiang: Ggabba Shbea Rrmea nyujugvez zhou; simplified Chinese: 阿坝藏族羌族自治州; traditional Chinese: 阿壩藏族羌族自治州), is an autonomous prefecture of northwestern Sichuan, bordering Gansu to the north and northeast and Qinghai to the northwest. Its seat is in the Barkam, and it has an area of 83,201 km2 (32,124 sq mi). The population was 919,987 in late 2013.
Contents
- Photos from before the earthquake in aba ngaba sichuan
- Map of Aba Sichuan China
- History and Names
- Geography
- Demographics
- Languages
- Administrative divisions
- Transportation
- Tourism
- References
Map of Aba, Sichuan, China
The county of Wenchuan in Ngawa is the site of the epicenter of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, in which over 20,000 of its residents died and 40,000 injured.
History and Names
In the 8th century the Gyalrong area was visited by Vairotsana.
In 1410 Je Tsongkhapa's student Tshakho Ngawang Tapa established the first Gelug monastery in the area called "Gyalrong".
In contemporary history, most of Ngawa was under the 16th Administrative Prefecture of Szechwan (Chinese:四川省第十六行政督察區), which was established by the Republic of China (ROC).
The People's Republic of China defeated ROC troops in this area and established a Tibetan autonomous prefecture by late 1952. It was renamed Aba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in 1956 and again renamed Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in 1987.
On May 12, 2008, a major earthquake occurred in Wenchuan County (Tibetan: ལུང་དགུ་, Wylie: lung dgu), a county in the southeastern part of this autonomous prefecture. 20,258 people were killed, 45,079 injured, 7,696 missing in the prefecture as of June 6, 2008.
From 2009 in Tibetan areas happened more than 130 self-immolation protests by Tibetans. About half of the self-immolations happened in Ngawa Prefecture.
Internet access in the prefecture has been severely restricted. Western tourists are for most of time since 2008 forbidden to visit the Prefecture.
Geography
The most of the prefecture is part of the Tibetan cultural and historical region of Amdo, southern part is part of Kham. Western part of Ngawa and part of Kardze is also known as "Gyalrong". Tribes in Gyalrong areas use dialect of Tibetan language known as Gyalrong language. In Ngawa is source of Min River and its tributary Dadu River.
Demographics
As of 2013, the prefecture's population was 919,987 inhabitants at a density of 10.91 per km²:
Languages
Major languages spoken in Aba Prefecture include Khams Tibetan, Mandarin Chinese and many vernaculars of the Qiangic languages which vary from county to county:
Administrative divisions
The region is composed of one county-level city and twelve counties:
The Wolong National Nature Reserve and Wolong Special Administrative Region situate within Wenchuan County but are administered separately by the Forestry Department of Sichuan.
Transportation
The prefecture is served by Hongyuan Airport in the west and Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport in the east. Private taxi can connect the airports with the towns in the prefecture. 55 km North-West from Jiuzhaigou County's town Jiuzhaigou Train Station is under construction. This new railway is built between Chengdu and Lanzhou.
Tourism
Tourism produced 71.0% of the GDP of the prefecture in 2006. There are many places of interest in the prefecture. For example,