# Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 黄南藏族自治州; traditional Chinese: 黃南藏族自治州; pinyin: Huángnán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: རྨ་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་, Wylie: rma lho bod rigs rang skyong khul) is an autonomous prefecture of Eastern Qinghai, northwest China, bordering Gansu to the east. The prefecture has an area of 17,921 km$^2$ (6,919 sq mi) and its seat is in Tongren County.

## Demographics

According to the 2000 census, Huangnan has 214,642 inhabitants with a population density of 11.98 inhabitants/km$^2$ (31.03 inhabitants/sq. mi.).

## Ethnic groups in Huangnan, 2000 census

| Nationality | Population | Percentage |
| Tibetan | 142,360 | 66.32% |
| Mongol | 29,071 | 13.54% |
| Hui | 16,411 | 7.65% |
| Han | 16,194 | 7.54% |
| Tu/Monguor | 8,445 | 3.93% |
| Salar | 1,530 | 0.71% |
| Others | 631 | 0.31% |

## Climate

Climate data for Tongren County (1981–2010) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15.1 (59.2) | 21.6 (70.9) | 27.0 (80.6) | 32.7 (90.9) | 30.9 (87.6) | 31.3 (88.3) | 35.0 (95.0) | 34.2 (93.6) | 32.5 (90.5) | 23.4 (74.1) | 19.8 (67.6) | 13.9 (57.0) | 35.0 (95.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.3 (34.3) | 4.8 (40.6) | 10.1 (50.2) | 15.7 (60.3) | 18.9 (66.0) | 21.3 (70.3) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.4 (74.1) | 18.7 (65.7) | 13.6 (56.5) | 8.1 (46.6) | 2.7 (36.9) | 13.5 (56.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −6.6 (20.1) | −3.2 (26.2) | 2.0 (35.6) | 7.8 (46.0) | 11.9 (53.4) | 14.7 (58.5) | 16.7 (62.1) | 16.1 (61.0) | 12.0 (53.6) | 6.3 (43.3) | 0.1 (32.2) | −5.1 (22.8) | 6.1 (42.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −12.2 (10.0) | −9.2 (15.4) | −3.9 (25.0) | 1.4 (34.5) | 5.8 (42.4) | 9.1 (48.4) | 11.2 (52.2) | 10.5 (50.9) | 7.4 (45.3) | 1.4 (34.5) | −5.4 (22.3) | −10.6 (12.9) | 0.5 (32.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −22.6 (−8.7) | −19.5 (−3.1) | −15.0 (5.0) | −9.3 (15.3) | −3.7 (25.3) | 1.2 (34.2) | 4.3 (39.7) | 2.3 (36.1) | −0.9 (30.4) | −10.5 (13.1) | −16.4 (2.5) | −21.5 (−6.7) | −22.6 (−8.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.5 (0.10) | 3.9 (0.15) | 11.0 (0.43) | 22.6 (0.89) | 58.0 (2.28) | 64.5 (2.54) | 80.4 (3.17) | 70.8 (2.79) | 65.1 (2.56) | 25.9 (1.02) | 3.1 (0.12) | 0.8 (0.03) | 408.6 (16.08) |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||

## Subdivisions

The prefecture is subdivided into 4 county-level divisions: 1 county-level city, 2 counties and 1 autonomous county:
Map :
| Tongren (city) Jianzha County Zeku County Henan County |||||||||
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie Tibetan Pinyin | Population (2010 Census) | Area (km$^2$) | Density (/km$^2$) |
| Tongren city | 同仁市 | Tóngrén shì | Official: ཐུང་རིན་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། (རེབ་གོང་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། or རེ་སྐོང་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།) | thung rin grong khyer Tungrin Chongkyêr | 92,601 | 3,465 | 26.72 |
| Jainca County (Jianzha County) | 尖扎县 | Jiānzhā Xiàn | གཅན་ཚ་རྫོང་། | gcan tsha rdzong Jainca Zong | 55,325 | 1,712 | 32.31 |
| Zêkog County (Zeku County) | 泽库县 | Zékù Xiàn | རྩེ་ཁོག་རྫོང་། | rtse khog rdzong Zêkog Zong | 69,416 | 6,494 | 10.68 |
| Henan Mongol Autonomous County | 河南蒙古族 自治县 | Hénán Měnggǔzú Zìzhìxiàn | རྨ་ལྷོ་སོག་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་རྫོང་། | rma lho sog rigs rang skyong rdzong Malho Sogrig Ranggyong Zong | 39,374 | 6,250 | 6.29 |

## Rongwo Monastery

Huangnan is home to Rongwo Monastery, a Gelug monastery initially established in 1341 in Amdo on the Rongwo River.