Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

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Gannan Prefecture 甘南州 · ཀན་ལྷོ་ཁུལ།
Autonomous prefecture
Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州 · ཀན་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ།
Labrang Monastery, Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Location of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture within Gansu
Country	China
Province	Gansu
Prefecture Seat	Hezuo
Government
• Type	Autonomous prefecture
• CCP Secretary	Yu Chenghui
• Congress Chairman	Tashi Cao
• Governor	Zhao Lingyun
• CPPCC Chairman	Rinchen Thondup
Area
• Total	40,898 km2 (15,791 sq mi)
Population  (2010[citation needed])
• Total	689,132
• Density	17/km2 (44/sq mi)
• Major Ethnic Groups	Tibetan−51.44% Han−41.75% Hui−6.43%
GDP[1]
• Total	CN¥ 12.7 billion US$ 2.0 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 17,990 US$ 2,888
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 code	CN-GS-30
Website	www.gn.gansu.gov.cn

Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese: 甘南藏族自治州; pinyin: Gānnán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: ཀན་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་, Wylie: Kan-lho Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul, ZYPY: Gainlho Poirig Ranggyong Kü) is an autonomous prefecture in southern Gansu Province, China, bordering Linxia to the north, Dingxi to the northeast, Longnan to the east and Aba (Sichuan province) to the south. It includes Xiahe and the Labrang Monastery, Luqu, Maqu and other mostly Tibetan towns and villages. Gannan has an area of 40,898 km² (15,791 sq mi) and its capital is Hezuo city (Zoi). In the first year of the proclamation of Gannan Autonomous District, the district-seat was at the Labrang Town of Sangqu.