Jainca County, Chentsa County or Jainzha County is a county in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province, China, to Tibetans in the area known as Malho Prefecture, part of Amdo. There are six townships, three towns and a total of 79 administrative villages in Chentsa county. The county has an area of 1714 square kilometres and a population of ~50,000 (2001), 67% Tibetan. The county seat is the town of Markhu Thang.

Administrative divisions

Jainca County is made up of 3 towns and 6 townships:

Climate

Jainca County has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk) and, at 40.3 °C, on July 24, 2000.