Maqên County

Maqên County
玛沁县 · རྨ་ཆེན་རྫོང་།
Maqin
Peak Amne Machin, the highest peak of the mountain range of the same name
Maqên County (light red) within Golog Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
Maqên
Location of the county seat in Qinghai
Coordinates (Maqên County government): 34°28′41″N 100°14′20″E / 34.4780°N 100.2389°E / 34.4780; 100.2389
CountryChina
ProvinceQinghai
Autonomous prefectureGolog
County seatDawo (Dawu)
Area
  Total
13,400 km2 (5,200 sq mi)
Elevation
3,700 m (12,140 ft)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
58,117
  Density4.3/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.maqin.gov.cn
Maqên County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese玛沁
Traditional Chinese瑪沁
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMǎqìn Xiàn
Wade–GilesMa-ch‘in hsien
Tibetan name
Tibetanརྨ་ཆེན་རྫོང
Transcriptions
Wylierma chen rdzong
Tibetan PinyinMaqên Zong

Maqên or Maqin County is a county of Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.