page_title: Sêrxü County
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Sêrxü County / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Landscape to the northwest of Serxu County, Garze Prefecture, taken on the flight from Lhasa to Xining. 中文（简体）‎: 四川石渠县景观，摄于拉萨至西宁航班上。
context_page_description: Sêrxü County, also known as Sershul, Dzachuka, Serxu, or Shiqu is a county of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the northwest of Sichuan Province, China, bordering Qinghai to the west and the Tibet Autonomous Region to the southwest.
context_section_description: Serxu (sershul) County is situated at the northwest corner of Sichuan province, and is also the westernmost county-level division of the province.
  It is above 25,000 km² et and mainly covered by grasslands. Average level above sea is 4,200 m.
  It has an area of over 25,000 square kilometers and is predominantly covered by grasslands used for nomadic herding. The population is around 68,000, 96% of whom are ethnic Tibetan.
  By the end of 1997, there was an estimated livestock population of 581,470.  These were mainly yaks, sheep, goats, and horses, but there was a small number of pigs. The human population of Shiqu County was approximately 63,400, 96.8% of which were ethnic Tibetans.  There were 49,100 herdsmen, representing 77.6% of the population.
  Sershul District villages include: Ariksar, Bumser, Changma, Dezhongma, Dzagyel, Geming, Gotsa, Junyung, Jowo, Kabshi, Kilung, Kyewu, Sershul Gompa, Serxu Dzong, Shaksa, Tromsa Genma, Tseboum Soumdo, Tsemkhog, Ombo and Wathul.
  Sershul District has several monasteries, including : Ju Mohar, Sershul Monastery, Bumser Gonpo, Ariksar, Dzagyel, Changma, Trikar, Kabshi and Jowo.
caption: Aerial view of Serxu County.
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