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20-583: Ngawa may refer to: Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture , in Sichuan, China Ngawa County , in Ngawa Prefecture Ngawa Town , seat of Ngawa County Ngawa Island , Solomon Islands [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

40-711: A major earthquake occurred in Wenchuan County ( Tibetan : ལུང་དགུ་ , Wylie : lung dgu ), a county in the southeastern part of this autonomous prefecture. 20,258 people were killed, 45,079 injured, 7,696 missing in the prefecture as of June 6, 2008. In 2009, the town of Ngaba in Ngawa prefecture became the " self-immolation capital of the world," in the words of the New York Times." From 2009 to 2019, more than 60 of Tibet's total 156 self-immolations occurred in Ngaba. By 2020,

60-572: A frontier region and has hosted many conflicts. For Tibetans , the Dadu is part of the historical province of Kham . In the Chinese tradition, the Dadu forms the westernmost part of Sichuanese culture . Kangding , a historical trading post between Tibet and China , is located in the Dadu River basin. Upper Dadu River Basin traditionally consists of 18 rGyalrong Principalities, whose language, rGyalrongic ,

80-622: A tributary of the Markog ( Chinese : 玛柯河 ; pinyin : Mǎkē Hé ), one of the two main upper stems of the Dadu along with the Darkog ( Chinese : 杜柯河 ; pinyin : Dùkē Hé ). Traditionally, the source of the Dadu was considered to be in the Golog Mountains in Jigzhi County at the head of the Markog, but this source was found to be a few metres shorter than the true source. Similarly,

100-648: Is a distinct branch in the Tibeto-Burman language family. Completed in 803 CE, the Leshan Giant Buddha is a large statue carved into the rock at the confluence of the Dadu and Min Rivers. The Buddha is a popular tourist attraction today. The Kangding Louding earthquake of 1786 caused a landslide dam on the Dadu. Nine days later, on June 10, 1786, the dam broke and the resulting flood extended 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) downstream and killed 100,000 people. It

120-648: Is also known as Gyalrong. Gyalrong people speak a Qiangic language known as Gyalrong language . The source of the Min River and its tributary Dadu River are to be found in Ngawa. As of 2013 , the prefecture's population was 919,987 inhabitants at a density of 10.91 per km : Major languages spoken in Aba Prefecture include Tibetan , Mandarin Chinese and many vernaculars of the Qiangic languages which vary from county to county: In April 2020, classroom instruction

140-591: Is the second-deadliest landslide disaster on record. In the 20th century CE, the Dadu became famous for its Luding Bridge , a historically important bridge crossed by the Chinese Red Army while retreating from the Kuomintang troops during the Long March . The Dadu is being heavily developed, primarily for hydroelectric power. As of March 2014, a total of 26 dams are completed, under construction or planned for

160-450: Is the site of the epicenter of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake , in which over 20,000 of its residents died and 40,000 were injured. During the reign of Tibet 's king Trisong Deutsen in the 8th century, the Gyalrong area was visited by the great translator Vairotsana . In 1410 Je Tsongkhapa 's student Tshakho Ngawang Tapa established the first Tibetan Buddhist Gelug school monastery in

180-679: The Dajin Chuan ( Chinese : 大金川 ; pinyin : Dàjīn Chuān ; lit. 'Big Golden River'). Here, the river flows between the Daxue Mountains to the west and the Qionglai Mountains to the east. In Danba County , the Dajin Chuan meets the Xiaojin Chuan ( Chinese : 小金川 ; pinyin : Xiǎojīn Chuān ; lit. 'Little Golden River') and together become

200-673: The Gyelmo Ngul Chu ( Tibetan : རྒྱལ་མོ་རྔུལ་ཆུ་ , Wylie : rgyal mo rngul chu ), is a major river located primarily in Sichuan province, southwestern China . The Dadu flows from the eastern Tibetan Plateau into the Sichuan Basin where it joins with the Min River , a tributary of the Yangtze River . Measured from its geographic source, the Dadu is actually longer than the Min and thus forms

220-683: The main stem of the Min River system. Shuangjiangkou Dam , expected to be the tallest dam in the world, is being built on the Dadu River. The Dadu River originates, in name, in Danba and ends in Leshan where it meets the Min River . The true source of Dadu, and thus the entire Min River system, however, lies in Qinghai Province in the eastern Tibetan Plateau . In this region there are multiple headwaters of

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240-563: The Dadu River in name. The Dadu continues south through Luding until it turns east at Shimian . East of Hanyuan , the Dadu enters the Dadu River Canyon ( Chinese : 大渡河峡谷 ; pinyin : Dàdùhé Xiágǔ ) before reaching the lowlands of the Sichuan Basin just below Mount Emei . The Dadu River receives the Qingyi River tributary and meets the Min at Leshan . At the confluence of

260-496: The Dadu with nearly identical lengths that have resulted in competing claims as the true source of the Dadu. In 2013, the China Academy of Sciences announced they had located the geographic source of the Dadu in eastern Darlag County , Qinghai ( 33°23′16″N 100°17′32″E  /  33.38778°N 100.29222°E  / 33.38778; 100.29222 ). These headwaters ( Chinese : 马尔曲 ; pinyin : Mǎ'ěr Qū ) are

280-503: The Dadu with the Min, the Dadu possesses both greater water volume flow and a further source so it is considered the true course of the Min River system. From the confluence of the two rivers, the Min continues for another 120 km (75 mi) before meeting the Yangtze at Yibin . The Dadu River marks the transition area between traditional Tibet to the west and historic China to the east. For this reason, it has long been considered

300-551: The area, called "Gyalrong". In contemporary history, most of Ngawa was under the 16th Administrative Prefecture of Szechwan ( 四川省第十六行政督察區 ), which was established by the Republic of China (ROC). The People's Republic of China defeated ROC troops in this area during Chinese Civil war and subsequently established a Tibetan autonomous prefecture by late 1952. It was renamed Aba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in 1956 and Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in 1987. On May 12, 2008,

320-711: The east. Private taxis can be hired from these airports. Jiuzhaigou Train Station is under construction 55 km (34 mi) north-west of Jiuzhaigou County 's town. The railway is to run between Chengdu and Lanzhou . Tourism produced 71.0% of the GDP of the prefecture in 2006. There are many places of interest in the prefecture, including Dadu River (Sichuan) The Dadu River ( Chinese : 大渡河 ; pinyin : Dàdù Hé ; Wade–Giles : Tatu Ho , Yi : ꍩꍠꒉꄿ , romanized:  Chot Zhyr Yy Dda ), known in Tibetan as

340-436: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ngawa&oldid=933015918 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture The county of Wenchuan in Ngawa

360-885: The source of the Darkog in southern Darlag County is a mere 1 m (3.3 ft) shorter than the Ma'er Qu source. From the Dadu River's true source in Qinghai to the Min River's confluence with the Yangtze in Yibin, the length of the entire Min-Dadu River system is 1,279 km (795 mi). The Dokog River in the west and the Markog River in the east both flow southeasterly from the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai and into Sichuan Province. The two stems meet in Aba Prefecture , and continue south as

380-454: The town's entrances were barricaded and surveillance cameras installed, with some 50,000 security personnel for the town's population of 15,000. In 2008, Aba county was stripped of its internet connections. Internet access in the prefecture remains severely restricted as of 2013. Most of the prefecture lies in the Tibetan cultural and historical region of Amdo . The west, and part of Kardze ,

400-477: Was switched from Tibetan to Mandarin Chinese in Ngaba. The region is composed of one county-level city and twelve counties : Though situated within Wenchuan County , Wolong National Nature Reserve and Wolong Special Administrative Region are administered separately by the Forestry Department of Sichuan . The prefecture is served by Hongyuan Airport in the west and Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport in

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