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9-507: Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture , often shortened to Ganzi Prefecture , is an autonomous prefecture in the western arm of Sichuan province, China bordering Yunnan to the south, the Tibet Autonomous Region to the west, and Gansu to the north and northwest. The prefecture's area is 151,078 square kilometres (58,332 sq mi). The population is approximately 880,000, with Tibetans accounting for 77.8% of

18-1338: Is historically the predominant religion practiced in Garzê. Some notable Gompas here include: Garzê comprises 1 county-level city and 17 counties: Autonomous prefecture Provinces Autonomous regions Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures Autonomous prefectures Leagues (Aimag) (abolishing) Prefectures Provincial-controlled cities Provincial-controlled counties Autonomous counties County-level cities Districts Ethnic districts Banners (Hoxu) Autonomous banners Shennongjia Forestry District Liuzhi Special District Wolong Special Administrative Region Workers and peasants districts Ethnic townships Towns Subdistricts Subdistrict bureaux Sum Ethnic sum County-controlled districts County-controlled district bureaux (obsolete) Management committees Town-level city Areas Villages · Gaqa · Ranches Village Committees Communities Capital cities New areas Autonomous administrative divisions National Central Cities History: before 1912 , 1912–49 , 1949–present Autonomous prefectures ( Chinese : 自治州 ; pinyin : zìzhìzhōu ) are one type of autonomous administrative divisions of China , existing at

27-593: Is limited to capital cities of first-level administrative divisions such as provinces , autonomous regions , municipalities , and special administrative regions , also including sub-provincial cities which are governed by a province but administered independently in many ways from a province. Sub-provincial cities have a status that is below that of the municipalities , which are independent and equivalent to provinces, but above other, regular prefecture-level cities, which are completely ruled by their respective provinces. However, these sub-provincial cities are marked

36-1545: Is one exception: Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture contains two prefectures of its own. Under the Constitution of the People's Republic of China , autonomous prefectures cannot be abolished. The PRC's autonomous administrative divisions may be found in the first (or top) to third levels of its national administrative divisions thus: List of capitals in China Provinces Autonomous regions Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures Autonomous prefectures Leagues (Aimag) (abolishing) Prefectures Provincial-controlled cities Provincial-controlled counties Autonomous counties County-level cities Districts Ethnic districts Banners (Hoxu) Autonomous banners Shennongjia Forestry District Liuzhi Special District Wolong Special Administrative Region Workers and peasants districts Ethnic townships Towns Subdistricts Subdistrict bureaux Sum Ethnic sum County-controlled districts County-controlled district bureaux (obsolete) Management committees Town-level city Areas Villages · Gaqa · Ranches Village Committees Communities Capital cities New areas Autonomous administrative divisions National Central Cities History: before 1912 , 1912–49 , 1949–present The scope of this list

45-491: The People's Liberation Army , the area fell within the control of the People's Republic of China . Eastern Xikang was merged with Sichuan in 1955, where Garzê became an Autonomous Prefecture. According to the census of 2000, Garzê had a registered population of 897,239 (population density: 5.94 people/km). Garzê is linguistically diverse, having many variants of Tibetan as well as several Qiangic languages : Tibetan Buddhism

54-567: The prefectural level , with either ethnic minorities forming over 50% of the population or being the historic home of significant minorities. Autonomous prefectures are mostly majority Han Chinese by population. The official name of an autonomous prefecture includes the most significant minority in that region, sometimes two, rarely three. For example, a Kazakh ( Kazak in official naming system) prefecture may be called Kazak Zizhizhou . Like all other prefectural level divisions, autonomous prefectures are divided into county level divisions . There

63-569: The Tibetan army withdrew after suffering defeats elsewhere at the hands of the warlord of Qinghai , Ma Bufang . Chinese warlord Liu Wenhui reoccupied Garzê, and signed an agreement with the Tibetans formalizing his control of the area east of the upper Yangtze , which corresponds roughly with eastern Kham (see Sino-Tibetan War ). In 1950, following the defeat of the Kuomintang forces by

72-400: The same as other provincial capitals (or a prefecture-level city if the city is not a provincial capital) on almost all maps. In total, there are five sub-provincial cities that are not themselves provincial capitals. These five cities have been designated as "Cities with Independent Planning Status" ( Chinese : 计划单列市 ; pinyin : Jìhuá Dānliè Shì ). With the exception of Fuzhou ,

81-511: The total population. The capital city of Garzê is Kangding (Dartsedo). Garzê was traditionally part of the historical region of Kham . During the period of rule by the Republic of China (1912–49) , Garzê became nominally part of the province of Xikang , which included parts of former Kham. In 1930, the Tibetan army invaded Garzê, capturing it without much resistance. However, in 1932,

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