Tongren County (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tongren County (pinyin: Tongren Xian) known to Tibetans as Rebkong in the region previously known as Amdo 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.In October, 2010 there were reports of large demonstrations in Tongren by Tibetan students who reportedly shouted the slogans, "equality of ethnic groups" and "freedom of language."