Autonomous prefecture Tibetan of Yushu

The autonomous prefecture Tibetan of Yushu (Chinese simplified: 玉树藏族自治州; Pinyin: Yùshù zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: ཡུལ་ཤུལ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ ; Transliteration Wylie: Yul-shul Bod-rigs row-skyong-khul) is an administrative division of the province of the Qinghai in China. Its capital is the Comté of Gyêgu.

Geography

Its surface is of: 267000 km ² .

Climate

The climate is of mountain type. The average temperatures for the town of Korla go from approximately -6°C for the coldest month to +14°C for the hottest month, with an annual average of 4,1°C, and the Pluviométrie is there of 489 Misters.

Demography

The population of the prefecture was estimated at: 260000 inhabitants in 2004.

Administrative subdivisions

The autonomous prefecture Tibetan of Yushu exerts her jurisdiction on six counties :

the county of Gyêgu - 玉树县 Yùshù Xiàn ;
the county of Zadoi - 杂多县 Záduō Xiàn ;
the county of Chindu - 称多县 Chēngduō Xiàn ;
the county of Zhidoi - 治多县 Zhìduō Xiàn ;
the county of Nangqên - 囊谦县 Nángqiān Xiàn ;
the county of Qumarleb - 曲麻莱县 Qūmálái Xiàn .

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