Zhouqu County
Zhouqu County
舟曲县 · འབྲུག་ཆུ་རྫོང་། Zhugqu, Zhugchu | |
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Zhugqu County (pink) within Gannan Prefecture (yellow) and Gansu | |
| Coordinates (Zhouqu government): 33°47′37″N 104°15′05″E / 33.7936°N 104.2513°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Gansu |
| Autonomous prefecture | Gannan |
| County seat | Chengguan (Chêngoin) |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,010 km2 (1,160 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 125,367 |
| • Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 746300 |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 舟曲县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 舟曲縣 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | འབྲུག་ཆུ་རྫོང་། | ||||||
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Zhugqu County (Tibetan: འབྲུག་ཆུ་རྫོང་།), Zhugchu or Zhouqu (Chinese: 舟曲县) is a county in the eastern extremity of the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the south of Gansu Province, China, with the Bailong River flowing through its confines; it borders Sichuan province to the south. In 2010 its population was 134,000 people.
The word "Zhugqu" derived from the Tibetan name of Bailong River.