- Nangqên
Nangqên, or Nangchen (Tb. "nang chen", Chin. 囊谦 "Nangqian"), is a county of
Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southernmostQinghai province. The county seat is Xangda (shor mda’ / Xiāngdá Zhèn 香达镇), built in a side valley and on the right bank of the Dza Chu (upper reaches of theMekong ). In 2000, the county's population amounted to 57.387 people, inhabiting a surface of 11.539 km².The county's name is derived from the former king ("nang chen rgyal po") and kingdom of Nangchen, a tribal confederation that adhered to the Chinese government of Gansu (after 1928 to newly established Qinghai province), but was highly autonomous. The present-day's county comprises the core area of that kingdom.
External links
* [http://www.nangchen.org/eng/schedule/place_interest.htm Nangchen historic area]
* [http://www.nangchen.org/eng/album/21082007/album/index.html Religious life in Nangchen: Photo album]
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