Jinchuan County

Jinchuan County (Tibetan: Chuchen) is a county in the northwest of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. The seat of county is Jinchuan Town (Rabden). Prior to 18th century, the county was ruled by the Tibetan Chiefdom of Chuchen. Jinchuan is known in China for its violent 18th century uprisings that were suppressed by the Qing dynasty.

Jinchuan County

金川县ཆུ་ཆེན་རྫོང་།
County
Jinchuan
Location in Sichuan
Coordinates: 31.476°N 102.064°E / 31.476; 102.064
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureNgawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
Population
5,550
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Jinchuan County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese金川县
Traditional Chinese金川縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanཆུ་ཆེན་རྫོང་།

Climate

References

  1. 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 20 October 2018.


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