Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Golog Prefecture
果洛州 · མགོ་ལོག་ཁུལ། | |
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果洛藏族自治州 · མགོ་ལོག་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture | |
Eastern Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture | |
Location of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai | |
| Coordinates: 34°07′N 99°19′E / 34.117°N 99.317°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Qinghai |
| Prefecture seat | Maqên County (Dawu) |
| Area | |
• Total | 74,246 km2 (28,667 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 215,600 |
| • Density | 2.904/km2 (7.521/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | CN¥ 3.6 billion US$ 0.6 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 18,238 US$ 2,928 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-QH-26 |
| Website | www |
Golog (Golok or Guoluo) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese: 果洛藏族自治州; pinyin: Guǒluò Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: མགོ་ལོག་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་, Wylie: Mgo-log Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) is an autonomous prefecture occupying the southeastern corner of Qinghai province, China. The prefecture has an area of 76,312 km2 (29,464 sq mi) and its seat is located in Maqên County. Due to its special geographical location and natural environment, the entire autonomous prefecture has been included in the Chinese largest natural environmental protection area — the Sanjiangyuan National Park.