Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Prefecture for short) is located in the west of Sichuan Province, on the southeast edge of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau.With a total area of 153000 square kilometers, it is home to more than 8.9 million people from more than 20 ethnic groups, including Tibet, Han, Hui, Yi, Qiang, and Naxi.It governs 18 administrative counties including Kangding, Luding, Danba, Jiulong, Yajiang, Daofu, Luhuo, Ganzi, Xinlong, Dege, Baiyu, Shiqu, Seda, Litang, Batang, Xiangcheng, Daocheng, and Derong. Kangding, the capital of the prefecture, is the political, economic, and cultural center of the prefecture. It is famous at home and abroad for its Kangding Love Song, and is known as the hometown of love songs.Ganzi Prefecture is rich in water resources and geothermal resources;There are giant pandas, red pandas, golden monkeys, white lipped deer and other wild animals.Valuable Chinese medicinal materials include Gastrodia elata, Cordyceps sinensis, Fritillaria, Angelica sinensis, Astragalus membranaceus, etc.Mineral resources include gold, silver
