Li County: Southern Qiang, rGyalrong Mao County: Northern Qiang, Southern Qiang Jiuzhaigou County: Baima Jinchuan County: Khroskyabs, rGyalrong Xiaojin County: rGyalrong Heishui County: Northern Qiang, rGyalrong Zamtang County: Amdo Tibetan In April 2020, classroom instruction was switched from Tibetan to Mandarin Chinese in Ngaba. Administrative divisions The region is composed of one county-level city and twelve counties: Though situated within Wenchuan County, Wolong National Nature Reserve and Wolong Special Administrative Region are administered separately by the Forestry Department of Sichuan. Transportation The prefecture is served by Hongyuan Airport in the west and Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport in the east. Private taxis can be hired from these airports. Jiuzhaigou Train Station is under construction north-west of Jiuzhaigou County's town. The railway is to run between Chengdu and Lanzhou. Tourism Tourism produced 71.0% of the GDP of the prefecture in 2006. There are many places of interest in the prefecture, including Wolong National Nature Reserve in Wenchuan County, a well-known giant panda reserve where the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda was established in 1980 Kirti Gompa, a 15th-century Tibetan Buddhism monastery Nangzhik Gompa monastery, founded in the 12th century Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area in Songpan County Jiuzhaigou, Jiuzhaigou County, a nature reserve known for its many multi-level waterfalls and colorful lakes, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 Mount Siguniang ( "Sku Mountain"; formerly , a transcription), the highest point of the Qionglai Mountains, on the border between Xiaojin County (; Tibetan: ) and Wenchuan County. References Further reading Barbara Demick (2020) Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town. New York: Random House. A. Gruschke (2001) The Cultural Monuments of Tibet’s Outer Provinces: Amdo - Volume 2. The Gansu and Sichuan Parts of Amdo. Bangkok: White Lotus Press Tsering Shakya (1999) The Dragon in the Land of Snows.: a history of modern Tibet since 1947, London: Pimlico, 1999, External links Aba, China - Official website of Prefectural Government Tibetan autonomous prefectures Prefecture-level divisions of Sichuan Qiang people