Jinchuan County (; ) is a county in the northwest of

Sichuan Province Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

, China. It is under the administration of the

Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous 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 ...

. The seat of county is Jinchuan Town (Rabden). The county spans an area of 5,524 square kilometers, and has a population of about 73,000 as of 2019. 神奇的光影-爵士鼓手_-_panoramio

Administrative divisions

The county is divided into 3

towns A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

and 19

townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...

. These

township-level divisions The administrative divisions of China have consisted of several levels since ancient times, due to China's large population and geographical area. The constitution of China provides for three levels of government. However in practice, there ...

are further divided into 112

village-level division The administrative divisions of China have consisted of several levels since ancient times, due to China's large population and geographical area. The constitution of China provides for three levels of government. However in practice, there a ...

Towns

The county's 3 towns are as follows: * * *

Townships

The county's 19 townships are as follows: * * Qingning Township * * * Hedong Township * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

History

Prior to the 18th century, Greater Jinchuan was ruled by the Gyalrong Tibetan

Chiefdom of Chuchen Chiefdom of Chuchen (), also known as Rabden or the Chiefdom of Greater Jinchuan (), was an autonomous Gyalrong Tusi chiefdom that ruled Greater Jinchuan (present day Jinchuan County, Sichuan) during the Qing dynasty. The rulers of Chuchen used th ...

. In 1700, the kingdom of Trokyap submitted to the Qing rule. From 1747 to 1776, the

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-spea ...

launched the

Jinchuan campaigns The Jinchuan campaigns (), also known as the Suppression of the Jinchuan Hill Peoples (Chinese: 平定兩金川), were two wars between Qing Empire and the rebel forces of Gyalrong chieftains ("Tusi") from the Jinchuan region. The first campaig ...

to suppress the Jinchuan chiefdoms. The county briefly belonged to the Revolutionary Government of the until 1935. In 1950, the People's Liberation Army conquered the county. The county was briefly renamed Dajinchuan County () from 1953 to June 1959.

Geography

The county is bordered by

Barkam Barkam or Markang or Muerkvua is a county-level city in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, in the northwest of Sichuan province, People's Republic of China. The city seat is the town of Barkam. Administrative divisions Barkam has ...

to the north,

Xiaojin County Xiaojin County (), also known as Tsanlha from its Tibetan name (), is a county in the northwest of Sichuan Province, China. It is the southernmost county-level division of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. History Prior to 18th c ...

to the east, Zamtang County to the west, and Dawu County and

Danba County Rongzhag (), also Danba () is a county of the eastern Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in western Sichuan, Sichuan Province, China. The county seat is the town of Zhanggu (). Climate References External links

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to the south. The county lies within the

Dadu River The Dadu River (), known in Tibetan as the Gyelmo Ngul Chu, is a major river located primarily in Sichuan province, southwestern China. The Dadu flows from the eastern Tibetan Plateau into the Sichuan Basin where it joins with the Min River, a t ...

basin. 42% of the county is forested.

Climate

References

Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture County-level divisions of Sichuan {{Sichuan-geo-stub