Tongren County
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Tongren County (Chinese: 同仁县 ; pinyin : Tóngrén Xiàn) is the capital and second smallest administrative subdivision by area within Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province, China. The county has an area of 3465 square kilometers and a population of ~80,000 (2002), 75% Tibetan. The economy of the county includes agriculture and aluminum mining.
The county has a number of Tibetan Buddhist temples, including the large and significant Longwu Temple of the Gelupa (Yellow Hat) sect. It is known as a center of the Tibetan thangka painting school.
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Coordinates: 35°24′36.97″N 102°04′52.50″E / 35.4102694°N 102.08125°E
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