Yajiang County

Nyagqu County
雅江县 · ཉག་ཆུ་རྫོང་།
Yajiang, Nyagchukha, Nyagquka
Location of Yajiang County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Yajiang
Location of the seat in Sichuan
Yajiang
Yajiang (China)
Coordinates: 30°01′55″N 101°00′50″E / 30.032°N 101.014°E / 30.032; 101.014
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureGarzê
County seatQuka Town (Hekou)
Area
  Total
7,558 km2 (2,918 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
51,162
  Density6.8/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.yajiang.gov.cn
Yajiang County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese雅江县
Traditional Chinese雅江縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYǎjiāng Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanཉག་ཆུ་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wylienyag chu rdzong
Tibetan PinyinNyagqu Zong

Nyagqu County (Tibetan: ཉག་ཆུ་རྫོང་།, Wylie: nyag chu rdzong, ZYPY: Nyagqu Zong, Nyagchukha, Nyagquka) or Yajiang County (Chinese: 雅江县; pinyin: Yǎjiāng Xiàn), named after Nyagchukha in Tibetan, is a county of the traditional Kham Region of eastern Tibet. It is currently under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in the west of Sichuan Province, China.