Ngawa County

Ngawa County, or Aba or Ngaba, is a county in the northwest of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. It is located in the remote northwestern part of the prefecture, on the border with Qinghai and Gansu. The county seat is Ngawa Town.

Governance

The primary law enforcement agency in Ngawa county is the Aba county [public security bureau|Aba County public security bureau]. The People's [Armed Police Aba County Company] is in charge of paramilitary law enforcement and disaster relief duties. Firefighting and rescue duties are provided by the Aba County [Fire and Rescue Battalion].

Self-immolation incident

On 16 March 2011 a 20-year-old Tibetan monk called Phuntsok set fire to himself at a market, in protest against allegedly repressive government policies in Tibet Autonomous Region and other Tibetan populated areas in China. He died in hospital early in the morning of 17 March. Following Phuntsok's self-immolation, hundreds of monks from the same monastery, Kirti monastery in Ngaba County, and other local residents staged another protest.

Administrative divisions

Ngawa County comprises 6 towns and 9 Townships of the [People's Republic of China|townships]: