Sêrxü County (; zh, t=石渠縣, s=石渠县), also known as Sershul, Dzachuka, Serxu, or Shiqu is a

county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the northwest of

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Province, China, bordering

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to the west and the

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to the southwest.

Geography

Serxu (sershul) County is situated at the northwest corner of Sichuan province, and is also the westernmost county-level division of the province. It is above km² et and mainly covered by grasslands. Average level above sea is 4,200 m. It has an area of over 25,000 square kilometers and is predominantly covered by grasslands used for nomadic herding. The population is around 68,000, 96% of whom are ethnic Tibetan. By the end of 1997, there was an estimated livestock population of 581,470. These were mainly yaks, sheep, goats, and horses, but there was a small number of pigs. The human population of Shiqu County was approximately 63,400, 96.8% of which were ethnic Tibetans. There were 49,100 herdsmen, representing 77.6% of the population. Sershul District villages include: Ariksar, Bumser, Changma, Dezhongma, Dzagyel, Geming, Gotsa, Junyung, Jowo, Kabshi, Kilung, Kyewu, Sershul Gompa, Serxu Dzong, Shaksa, Tromsa Genma, Tseboum Soumdo, Tsemkhog, Ombo and Wathul. Sershul District has several monasteries, including: Ju Mohar,

Sershul Monastery Sershul Monastery () is situated on the Tibetan Plateau at an elevation of . The Tibetan Buddhist monastery is located near Waxu township in Sêrxü County of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, near where the borders o ...

, Bumser Gonpo, Ariksar, Dzagyel, Changma, Trikar, Kabshi and Jowo; and the

Gsumge Mani Stone Castle The Gsumge Mani Stone Castle, or Songge Mani-Sutra City ( zh, t=松格瑪尼石經城, s=松格玛尼石经城, first=t, p=Sōnggé mǎní shíjīngchéng, l=Gsumge Mani Stone Sutra City; also referred to as / ) is a massive complex built out of ...

, a religious complex built out of

mani stone Mani stones are stone plates, rocks or pebbles inscribed with the six-syllabled mantra of Avalokiteshvara (''Om mani padme hum'', hence the name ''mani stone''), as a form of prayer in Tibetan Buddhism. The term mani stone may also be used to ...

tablets.

Demography

The population of the district was inhabitants in 1999. National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period, ''in'
China County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS
/ref> There are about nomads in the district, i.e. 77,6% of the population.

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