Mao County

Mao County
茂县 · མའོ་རྫོང་། · Shgvunyi
Maoxian
Mao County (red) in Ngawa (yellow) and Sichuan
Mao County
Location of the seat in Sichuan
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
  Total
4,064 km2 (1,569 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
95,361
  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
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMào Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanམའོ་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wyliema'o rdzong
Tibetan PinyinMao Zong
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. 88.9% of the population are Qiang people. The county seat is Fengyi Town.