Dawu County (), also written Tawu County or Daofu County (), is a county of northwestern
Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the
Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, and , had a population of 46,900 residing in an area of . By road it is from
Kangding
Kangding (), also called Tachienlu and Dartsedo (; ), is a county-level city and the seat of Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province of Southwest China. Kangding is on the bank of the Dadu River and has been considered the histor ...
, the prefectural seat, and from
Chengdu
Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...
, the provincial capital. It borders the counties of
Xinlong to the west,
Kangding
Kangding (), also called Tachienlu and Dartsedo (; ), is a county-level city and the seat of Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province of Southwest China. Kangding is on the bank of the Dadu River and has been considered the histor ...
and
Yajiang to the south, and
Jinchuan and
Zamtang
Zamthang County or Ndzamthang County (), or Rangtang County () is a county in the northwest of Sichuan Province, China, bordering on the Banma County of Qinghai Province to the north. It is one of 13 counties under the administration of and lies th ...
of
Ngawa Prefecture
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, also known as Aba (; Qiang: ; ), is an autonomous prefecture of northwestern Sichuan, bordering Gansu to the north and northeast and Qinghai to the northwest. Its seat is in Barkam, and it has an ar ...
as well as
Luhuo
Luhuo County (; ) is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
History
On March 24, 1923, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck between Luhuo and Dawu and killed 4800 people.
O ...
to the north.
In January 1981 it was struck by an
earthquake
An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, from ...
.
Climate
References
External links
See this link for a book-length study of a Tibetan village in Dawu County:
* http://tibetanplateau.wikischolars.columbia.edu/Volume+Fifteen--Rgyalrong+Tibetan+Village
Populated places in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
County-level divisions of Sichuan
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