Hongyuan County
Gakog (Hongyuan) County ( or ; ) is a county in the north of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. There is a river called "Ka Chu/Gaqu" () in the area and "kog" means "valley" or "area"; thus it means the area of the "Ga" River. This is the only county under the Prefecture with entirely yak herding pastoralists. The average altitude above the sea level is . About 8,398 square meter and about 40,000 people reside (2004) mostly Amdo Tibetan. The language is spoken is one of the most conservative dialect  among the Amdo Tibetan varieties. The county seat is (a.k.a. Khyungchu). Southwest University for Nationalities maintains the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Ecological Environmental Protection and Advanced Technology for Animal Husbandry in Hongyuan County. The country is served by Hongyuan Airport. Administrative divisions. Hongyuan County has 5 townships: