Mao County

Mao County
茂县 · མའོ་རྫོང་། · Shgvunyi
Maoxian
Diexi Lake, in Diexi
Mao County (red) in Ngawa (yellow) and Sichuan
Mao County (red) in Ngawa (yellow) and Sichuan
Mao County is located in Sichuan
Mao County
Mao County
Location of the seat in Sichuan
Mao County is located in China
Mao County
Mao County
Mao County (China)
Coordinates: 31°50′N 103°30′E / 31.833°N 103.500°E / 31.833; 103.500
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureNgawa
County seatFengyi
Area
 • Total4,064 km2 (1,569 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total95,361
 • Density23/km2 (61/sq mi)
 • Major nationalities
Qiang−88.9%
Han Tibetan
Time zoneUTC+08:00 (China Standard)
Postal code
623200
Area code0837
Websitewww.maoxian.gov.cn
Mao County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese茂县
Traditional Chinese茂縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanམའོ་རྫོང་།
Qiang name
QiangShgvunyi

Mao County or Maoxian (Chinese: 茂县; Tibetan: མའོ་རྫོང་།; Qiang: Shgvunyi) is a county in Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.

It has an area of 3,903 and a population of 106,700 as of 2006.[2] 88.9% of the population are Qiang people.[3] The county seat is Fengyi Town.[4]

  1. ^ "阿坝州第七次全国人口普查公报第二号——县(市)人口情况" (in Chinese). Government of Ngawa Prefecture. 2021-06-11.
  2. ^ (in Chinese) Profile of Mao County Archived 2008-05-01 at the Wayback Machine, official website of Ngawa Prefecture Government, visited on May 25, 2008.
  3. ^ (in Chinese) Mao County: A County with the Most Qiang Population in China, China Internet Information Center, May 17, 2008.
  4. ^ (in Chinese) Profile of Mao County.

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