"autonomous prefecture" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to a territorial division in a country that has a certain degree of self-governance and independence from the central government. An example of using this phrase in a sentence is: "The Tibet Autonomous Prefecture has its own local government and legislative body, making it a distinct region within China."
Some are even from a Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in nearby Sichuan province.
The autonomous prefectures are the Aba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, with its headquarters at Ma'erkang (Barkam); the Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, with its capital at Kangding; and the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, with its capital at Xichang.
It is now divided into 13 prefecture-level municipalities (dijishi) and one autonomous prefecture (zizhizhou).
The attack involved monks from the Ragya Monastery in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Golog in Qinghai Province.
A significant number of Koreans are concentrated in an autonomous prefecture in eastern Jilin along the North Korean border.
Peng Zhe, deputy secretary general of the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, a tea-growing district here, compares the wild tea to fine vintages of Bordeaux or Burgundy.
Situated in the centre of the Tibetan plateau, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in China is home to approximately 300,000 herders (pastoralists, nomads), farmers, and town dwellers.
Rebkong (Tongren) County is located in Malho (Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, one of five such prefectures in Qinghai.
The herder, Tamdin Thar, thought to be in his early 60s, set himself on fire in Markethang, in the Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, said the group Free Tibet.
In 1956 the disputed area of Khams east of the Yangtze was incorporated into Sichuan province as the Ganze (Garzê) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
The landslides happened early in the morning in the province's Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Xinhua, the official news agency, reported.
