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4-488: Jowo is a town in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan , China . This Sichuan location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Garz%C3%AA Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture , often shortened to Ganzi Prefecture , is an autonomous prefecture in the western arm of Sichuan province, China bordering Yunnan to
8-572: The Tibetans formalizing his control of the area east of the upper Yangtze , which corresponds roughly with eastern Kham (see Sino-Tibetan War ). In 1950, following the defeat of the Kuomintang forces by the People's Liberation Army , the area fell within the control of the People's Republic of China . Eastern Xikang was merged with Sichuan in 1955, where Garzê became an Autonomous Prefecture. According to
12-593: The period of rule by the Republic of China (1912–49) , Garzê became nominally part of the province of Xikang , which included parts of former Kham. In 1930, the Tibetan army invaded Garzê, capturing it without much resistance. However, in 1932, the Tibetan army withdrew after suffering defeats elsewhere at the hands of the warlord of Qinghai , Ma Bufang . Chinese warlord Liu Wenhui reoccupied Garzê, and signed an agreement with
16-470: The south, the Tibet Autonomous Region to the west, and Gansu to the north and northwest. The prefecture's area is 151,078 square kilometres (58,332 sq mi). The population is approximately 880,000, with Tibetans accounting for 77.8% of the total population. The capital city of Garzê is Kangding (Dartsedo). Garzê was traditionally part of the historical region of Kham . During
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