Huangyuan County

Huangyuan County () is a county of Qinghai Province, China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xining, the capital of Qinghai. The county seat is Chengguan Town, known in Mongolian as Dan Gar and Tibetan as Tongkor.

The remains of Ladrolne Gompa and Rali Hermitage may be seen between Haiyan and Tongkor. A branch of Tongkor Monastery, known as Ganden Tengyeling (Ch. Cinghosi), just to the northwest of the Chengguan, is also in ruins.

Subdivisions

Huangyuan County is divided into 2 towns, 6 townships, and 1 ethnic township:

• Chengguan Town ()
• Dahua Town ()
• Dongxia Township ()
• Heping Township ()
• Bohang Township ()
• Shenzhong Township ()
• Bayan Township ()
• Sizhai Township ()
• Nyida Tibetan Ethnic Township (, )

Climate

Tourist sites

• Dan Gar Ancient Town, the historic core of Chengguan Town, a historic trading town.
• Riyue Mountain and the remains of Tongkor Monastery, a mountain pass where Princess Wencheng supposedly traveled through in the 7th century CE.

See also

• List of administrative divisions of Qinghai

References

• Dorje, Gyurme. (1999). Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan. (2nd Ed.) Footprint Handbooks, Bath, England. .

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