Xiaojin County ( zh, s=小金县), also known as Tsanlha from its Tibetan name (), is a county in the northwest of

Sichuan Province Sichuan is a Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capita ...

, China. It is the southernmost

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of the

Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, also known as Aba (; Qiang language, Qiang: ; zh, s=阿坝藏族羌族自治州, t=阿壩藏族羌族自治州), is an autonomous prefecture of northwestern Sichuan, bordering Gansu to the north and ...

History

Prior to the 18th century, Lesser Jinchuan was ruled by the Gyalrong Tibetan

Chiefdom of Tsanlha Chiefdom of Tsanlha (; ), also known as Chiefdom of Lesser Jinchuan (; ), was an autonomous Gyalrong chiefdom that ruled Lesser Jinchuan (present day Xiaojin County, Sichuan) during Qing dynasty. The rulers of Tsanlha used the royal title Tsanlh ...

. From 1747 to 1776, the

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...

launched the

Jinchuan campaigns The Jinchuan campaigns (), also known as the Suppression of the Jinchuan Hill Peoples (Chinese: 平定兩金川), were two wars between Qing Empire and the rebel forces of Gyalrong chieftains ("Tusi") from the Jinchuan region. The first campai ...

to suppress the Jinchuan chiefdoms.

Administrative divisions

Xiaojin County contains 7

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and 11

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Climate

References

Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture County-level divisions of Sichuan {{Sichuan-geo-stub