Jinchuan County or Quqên (Tibetan: ཆུ་ཆེན་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 金川县) is a county in the northwest of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. The seat of county is Dowu Town (Lewu[a]).
The county spans an area of 5,524 square kilometers, and has a population of about 73,000 as of 2019.[3]
The county is divided into 3 towns and 15 townships.[3][4] These township-level divisions are further divided into 112 village-level divisions.[3]
Prior to the 18th century, Greater Jinchuan was ruled by the Gyalrong Tibetan Chiefdom of Chuchen. In 1700, the kingdom of Trokyap submitted to the Qing rule. From 1747 to 1776, the Qing dynasty launched the Jinchuan campaigns to suppress the Jinchuan chiefdoms.
The county briefly belonged to the Revolutionary Government of Republic of Kerutetsa until 1935.[5] In 1950, the People's Liberation Army conquered the county.[5] The county was briefly renamed Dajinchuan County (simplified Chinese: 大金川县; traditional Chinese: 大金川縣) from 1953 to June 1959.[5]
The county is bordered by Barkam to the north, Xiaojin County to the east, Zamtang County to the west, and Dawu County and Danba County to the south.[3]
The county lies within the Dadu River basin.[5] 42% of the county is forested.[3]