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Batang County ((チベット語:འབའ˙ཐང); Simplified Chinese: 巴塘县; Pinyin: Bātáng Xiàn) is a county located in western Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China. Government address: Xiaqiong Town, Batang County, Ganzi, Sichuan 627650. Area code: 0836.〔(County." http://www.hxpedia.com/admin.php?uid=513335 )〕 The main administrative centre is known as Batang Town or Xiaqiong Town. 1990 statistics give its population as 47,256, with 42,044 living in rural areas and 5,212 living in urban areas. The nationalities mainly consist of Tibetans, Hans, and Yis, Hui, and Qiang. By far the most numerous group are the Tibetans whose population is given as 44,601. It is from north to south and west to east and has an area of . It borders on Xiangcheng County and Litang County in the east. Derong County to the south, Mangkang, Yanqing, and Gonju counties of Tibet and Dêqên County of Yunnan in the west, across the Jinsha or "Golden Sands" River (the upper course of the Yangtze). It borders Baiyu County to the north.〔("Brief Introduction of Batang county." )〕 It is warmer here than most of Tibet (because of the lower altitude) and is reported to be a friendly, easy-going place, surrounded by barley fields.〔Mayhew, Bradley and Kohn, Michael. (2005). ''Tibet''. 6th Edition, p. 260. Lonely Planet. ISBN 1-74059-523-8.〕〔Buckley, Michael and Straus, Robert. (1986) ''Tibet: a travel survival kit'', p, 219. Lonely Planet Publications. South Yarra, Victoria, Australia. ISBN 0-908086-88-1.〕 The plain surrounding the town is unusually fertile and produces two harvests a year. The main products include: rice, maize, barley, wheat, peas, cabbages, turnips, onions, grapes, pomegranates, peaches, apricots, water melons and honey. There are also cinnabar (mercury sulphide) mines from which mercury is extracted.〔Abbé Huc. ''The Land of the Lamas''. Taken from: ''Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China'', 1844–1846 by MM. Huc and Gabet, translated by William Hazlitt, pp. 122-123.〕 The low-lying Batang Valley (altitude about 2,740 m) was one of the few regions of Tibet with a Chinese settlement before 1950. There were American Protestant and French Catholic missions here focused on medical and educational projects. "Many Bapa (natives of Batang) acquired high bureaucratic positions following the Chinese occupation in consequence of their familiarity with the Chinese language and modern education."〔 ==Etymology== The name Batang is a transliteration from Tibetan meaning a vast grassland where sheep can be heard everywhere (from ''ba'' - the sound made by the sheep + Tibetan ''tang'' which means a plain or steppe).〔Jäschke, H. A. (1881). ''A Tibetan-English Dictionary''. Reprint (1987): Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, p. 228.〕〔("Short Introduction of Batang county." )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Batang County」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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