Marcand is a city in Sichuan Province. Marcand county is located in the middle of the autonomous prefecture. It is connected to Hongyuan and Lixian in the east, Jinchuan and Xiaojin in the south, Tanggu in the west and Hongyuan and Aba in the north. Geographical coordinates, latitude 30 35' ~ 32 24', longitude1017' ~10241'. East-west length 134 km, north-south width of 90 km, covering an area of 6632.73 square kilometers. Located in the northwest of Sichuan Basin, in the east of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and in the north of Qionglai Mountains, it belongs to plateau canyon area. It is the seat of the people's government of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. In ancient times, it was the land of Ranlong. Qin is under the jurisdiction of side roads. Wenshan County, Han Li. Tang and Song Dynasties belonged to 32 states. Ethan Tubo Xuanwei Department. Yongle period of Ming Dynasty belonged to Zagu appeasement department. Qingganlong belongs to Lifan Zhili Hall and Jiaqing belongs to Zagu Zhili Hall. The Republic of China belongs to Lifan County. 1950 65438+February, Maoxian Department sent a working group to go deep into Situ District (Marcand County was originally a part of Mosuo Tusi Territory, and it was called "Silu District" under the jurisdiction of Zhuokeji, Songgang and Damba Tusi Territories) to set up temporary working committees in Situ and Chuojia areas. 1951August, Sidu District declared peaceful liberation, and in September, the temporary military and political committee of Situ Abachuska was established.