Baqên County

Baqên ( Tib: SBRA chen rdzong, Tibetan: སྦྲ་ཆེན་རྫོང་, also: dragon) is a county of the district of Nagqu in the northeast of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China on the border of Qinghai Province, 573 km from Lhasa.

Administrative Divisions

At the community level, the circuit is composed of three large municipalities and seven churches. These are (official spelling / Chinese):

• Greater community Lhaxi拉西 镇
• Greater community Ya'nga雅安 镇
• Greater community Zasib杂色 镇
• Community Jiangmian江 绵 乡
• Community Baqên巴 青 乡
• Community Gomri贡 日 乡
• Community Marru玛 儒 乡
• Community Arxog阿秀 乡
• Community Kangqên岗 切 乡
• Community Pointa本 塔 乡

Geography and climate

Baqên has an area of ​​10,326 km ². The annual average temperature is -2 ° C, the average temperature in January is -12 ° C and in July 10 ° C.

Population and Ethnic Groups

In 1990 Baqên had 28 835 inhabitants, of whom 28 742 Tibetans (99.7%) and 91 Han Chinese ( 0.3%). 2000, the population had grown to 35,895 inhabitants.

Ethnic structure of the population Baqêns (2000)

At the census in the year 2000 35.895 inhabitants were counted in Baqên.

Economy

The main industry of Baqên is livestock ( grazing ), which, inter alia, Musk is produced. In addition, herbs and mushrooms are obtained, which are used in traditional medicine, including a certain type of Imperial Crown ( Fritillaria Thumbergii ) and the Chinese caterpillar fungus ( Cordyceps sinensis).