Jainca County

Jainca
尖扎县 · གཅན་ཚ་རྫོང་།
Chentsa, Jainzha
Lijiaxia lake in Janica
Jainca County (light red) within Huangnan Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
Jainca
Location of the seat in Qinghai
Coordinates: 35°56′18″N 102°02′00″E / 35.93833°N 102.03333°E / 35.93833; 102.03333
CountryChina
ProvinceQinghai
Autonomous prefectureHuangnan
County seatMarkhu Thang
Area
  Total
1,714 km2 (662 sq mi)
Elevation
1,990 m (6,530 ft)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
58,173
  Density34/km2 (88/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
811200
Area code0973
Websitewww.jianzha.gov.cn
Jainca County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese尖扎县
Traditional Chinese尖扎縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJiānzhā Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanགཅན་ཚ་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wyliegcan tsha rdzong
Tibetan PinyinJainca Zong

Jainca County, Chentsa County or Jainzha County (Tibetan: གཅན་ཚ།, Wylie: gcan tsha; Chinese: 尖扎县; pinyin: Jiānzhā Xiàn) is a county in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province, China, to Tibetans in the area known as Malho Prefecture, part of Amdo. There are six townships, three towns and a total of 79 administrative villages in Chentsa county. The county has an area of 1,714 square kilometres (662 sq mi) and a population of ~50,000 (2001), 67% Tibetan. The county seat is the town of Markhu Thang.