Jiuzhaigou County

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Jiuzhaigou County

|native_name = {{lower|0.1em|{{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|九寨沟县}} · {{bo-textonly|གཟི་རྩ་སྡེ་དགུ་རྫོང་།}} · Rrggucua}}}}

|other_name = Sizadêgu

|pushpin_map = Sichuan#China

|pushpin_label = Jiuzhaigou

|pushpin_label_position = left

|pushpin_map_caption = Location of the seat in Sichuan

|coordinates = {{Coord|33|16|N|104|14|E|source:jawiki_type:adm3rd_region:CN-51|display=it}}

|postal_code_type = Postal code

|postal_code = 623400

|settlement_type = County

|image_skyline = Jiuzhaigou Sichuan China Pearl-Shoals-Waterfalls-01.jpg

|image_caption = Pearl Shoals Waterfalls, Jiuzhaigou

|image_map = Location of Jiuzhaigou within Sichuan (China).png

|map_caption = Location of Jiuzhaigou County (light red)
in Ngawa (yellow) and Sichuan (light gray)

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = China

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Sichuan

|subdivision_type2 = Autonomous prefecture

|subdivision_name2 = Ngawa

|seat = Nanping (Nainpin)

|area_total_km2 = 5286

|population_total = 66055

|population_as_of = 2020

|population_density_km2 = auto

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.abazhou.gov.cn/abazhou/abzpcgb/202106/84e6bc7453044a248ad18d1a37fcec38.shtml |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241202154546/https://www.abazhou.gov.cn/abazhou/abzpcgb/202106/84e6bc7453044a248ad18d1a37fcec38.shtml |url-status = dead |archive-date = December 2, 2024 |title = 阿坝州第七次全国人口普查公报第二号——县（市）人口情况 |publisher = Government of Ngawa Prefecture |language = zh |date = 2021-06-11 }}

|elevation_m = 1400

|elevation_footnotes =
(County seat)

|timezone = China Standard

|utc_offset = +8

|website = {{URL|www.jzg.gov.cn/}}

}}

{{Infobox Chinese

|s=九寨沟县

|t=九寨溝縣

|p=Jiǔzhàigōu Xiàn

|tib={{bo-textonly|གཟི་རྩ་སྡེ་དགུ་རྫོང་།}}

|wylie=gZi rtsa sde dgu rDzong

|zwpy=Sirza Degu Zong

|lang1=Qiang

|lang1_content= Rrggucua

|order=st

}}

Jiuzhaigou County ({{zh|s=九寨沟县}}; {{bo|t=གཟི་རྩ་སྡེ་དགུ་རྫོང་།}}; Qiang: Rrggucua) is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture.{{Cite web |url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2016/51/5132.html |script-title=zh:2016年统计用区划代码 |date=2016 |website=National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China |publisher=National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China |language=zh |trans-title=Statistical zoning code, 2016 (Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812015031/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2016/51/5132.html |archive-date=2017-08-12 |url-status=live |access-date=2017-08-11 }} Formerly called Nanping County ({{zh|labels=no |s=南坪县 |p=Nánpíng Xiàn}}), it was renamed in 1998 to reflect the fact that the Jiuzhaigou Valley is located within its administration.{{Cite web |url=http://www.gov.cn/test/2007-03/23/content_559206.htm |script-title=zh:一九九七年全国省级行政区一览 |date=2007-03-23 |editor-last=Guo |editor-first=Zhen |website=State Council of the People's Republic of China |publisher=XZQH ({{lang|zh-hans|行政区划网}}) |language=zh |trans-title=List of National Administrative Regions in 1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812173834/http://www.gov.cn/test/2007-03/23/content_559206.htm |archive-date=2017-08-12 |url-status=live |access-date=2017-08-12 }} The county seat, {{Interlanguage link|Nanping, Jiuzhaigou County|lt=Nanping|zh|南坪镇 (九寨沟县)}}, was created in 2013 by the merger of Yongle Town ({{lang|zh-hans|永乐镇}}), Yongfeng Township ({{lang|zh-hans|永丰乡}}), and Anle Township ({{lang|zh-hans|安乐乡}}).{{Cite web |url=http://files2.mca.gov.cn/cws/201402/20140224120003768.htm |script-title=zh:2013年中华人民共和国县以下行政区划变更情况（12月份） |date=2014-02-24 |website=Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China |language=zh |trans-title=Changes in administrative divisions below county level in China, Dec. 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812173614/http://files2.mca.gov.cn/cws/201402/20140224120003768.htm |archive-date=2017-08-12 |url-status=live |access-date=2017-08-12 }}

The county consists of nine villages in a valley in Sichuan Province. The main ethnic group in the county is Han, with the second being Tibetan. The county seat has an altitude of about {{cvt|1400|m|ft}}.{{Cite web |url=http://www.abazhou.gov.cn/abgk/gxzc/jzg/index_1.html |script-title=zh:九寨沟县情概况 |website=Aba Government |language=zh |trans-title=Jiuzhaigou County profiles |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812034700/http://www.abazhou.gov.cn/abgk/gxzc/jzg/index_1.html |archive-date=2017-08-12 |url-status=live |access-date=2017-08-11 }} It has a total area of {{convert|5286|km2|sqmi|order=flip}}.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jzg.gov.cn/xxgk/gkxx/dqgk/201508/t20150814_1089564.html |script-title=zh:九寨沟县概况 |year=2015 |website=Jiuzhaigou County Government |publisher=Jiuzhaigou County Government Office |language=zh |trans-title=Jiuzhaigou County Profiles |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812043645/http://www.jzg.gov.cn/xxgk/gkxx/dqgk/201508/t20150814_1089564.html |archive-date=2017-08-12 |url-status=live |access-date=2017-08-12 }} As of 2015, the county's total population was 67,519.