Jonê County
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Names in other languages
- Françaisxian de Jonê
- EnglishJonê County
- Tiếng ViệtTrác Ni
- DeutschJonê
- 日本語チョネ県
- 한국어줘니현
- 简体中文卓尼县
- 繁體中文卓尼縣
- 中文卓尼縣
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Jonê County (also Cone, Chone, Choni; ; local pronunciation: /tɕɔ L nɛ/) is a [[County (People's Republic of China)|county] in the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, China. Its postal code is 747600. Its area is , and its population is over 100,000 people1. It is administered from Liulin.
Jonê County (also Cone, Chone, Choni; ; local pronunciation: /tɕɔ L nɛ/) is a county in the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, China. Its postal code is 747600. Its area is , and its population is over 100,000 people. It is administered from Liulin.
Description
The county covers both banks of the middle section of the Lu-chu. The country town and adjacent Jonê Monastery are on the north bank. The side valleys on the southern side used to be branches of the ancient kingdom of Jonê.
Historical Tibetan Jonê Kingdom
Among Tibetan at Amdo, Jonê exist the Jonê Kingdom ( , ), ruled by the Tibetan Ga clan or Mandarin Chinese Yang ( ) clan, was a Tusi chiefdom kingdom called Zhouni Kingdom, Choni Kingdom, or Jonê Kingdom ruled by the Gatsang (dga' tshang) family at Tibet. In 1404, whereupon they informed the Ming Emperor Yongle of this fact and were recognized as local rulers, and were given a seal of authority and the surname Yang ( ). The Yangs ruled Jonê from 1404 until 1949.
List of Kings of Jonê
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Administrative divisions
Jonê County is divided to 11 towns, 3 townships and 1 ethnic township.
Climate
See also
List of administrative divisions of Gansu
Footnotes
References
Cabot, Mabel H. (2003). Vanished Kingdoms: A Woman Explorer in Tibet, China & Mongolia, 1921-1925, pp. 148–157. Aperture Publishers in association with the Peabody Museum, Harvard. . Dorje, Gyurme (2009). Footprint Tibet Handbook. Footprint Publications, Bath, England. . Ekvall, Robert B. (1939). "Cultural Relations on the Kansu-Tibetan Border", University of Chicago. [http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/work/downloads/faqs/1999_pop_faq.html China County & City Population 1999 FAQ
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