Zoigê County

Zoigê County or Ruo'ergai County (Tibetan: མཛོད་དགེ་རྫོང་།, Wylie: mdzod dge rdzong, ZYPY: Zoigê Zong; Chinese: 若尔盖县; pinyin: Ruò'ěrgài Xiàn) is a county of Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan, China, bordering Gansu to the north. It is the northernmost county of the province. It is part of the Tibetan traditional region of Amdo.

Zoigê County
若尔盖县 · མཛོད་དགེ་རྫོང་། · Zuxxjji
Ruo'ergai
Baozuo township in Zoigê County
Zoigê County (pink) in Ngawa Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Zoigê
Location of the seat in Sichuan
Zoigê
Zoigê (China)
Coordinates (Zoigê County Cultural Pavilion (若尔盖县文化馆)): 33°34′30″N 102°57′43″E
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureNgawa
County seatDagcagoin
Area
  Total10,620 km2 (4,100 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total76,712
  Density7.2/km2 (19/sq mi)
  Major nationalities
Tibetan - 90.4%
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
624500
Area code0837
Websitewww.ruoergai.gov.cn
Zoigê County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese若尔盖县
Traditional Chinese若爾蓋縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanམཛོད་དགེ་རྫོང་།
Qiang name
QiangZuxxjji

It has an area of 10,620 km2 (4,100 sq mi) and a population of 69,900, 90.4% of which are Tibetan people.

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