Guide County
County in Qinghai, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Guide County (Chinese: 贵德县, Tibetan: ཁྲི་ཀ་རྫོང་།) is a county in the east of Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. In Tibetan it is known as Trika. In 2015 it had a population of 108,800, of which 37.8% Tibetans, and 16.1% other ethnic minorities.[2] In 2018 the population was 110,900.[3]
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Guide County
贵德县 • ཁྲི་ཀ་རྫོང་། | |
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Coordinates: 35°59′20″N 101°28′16″E | |
Country | China |
Province | Qinghai |
Autonomous prefecture | Hainan |
County seat | Qusib (Heyin) |
Area | |
• Total | 3,504 km2 (1,353 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 5,011 m (16,440 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 2,710 m (8,890 ft) |
Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 105,645 |
• Density | 30/km2 (78/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Website | www |
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Simplified Chinese | 贵德县 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 貴德縣 | ||||||||||
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Tibetan | ཁྲི་ཀ་རྫོང་། | ||||||||||
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It is located along the Yellow River, surrounded by hilly terrain on either side of the river valley.[2]
Guide was first established during the Yuan dynasty. The area became part of Ming Dynasty China in 1370.[citation needed] In 1953 it was placed under jurisdiction of Hainan prefecture.[4]