Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in Qinghai. The prefecture has an area of 188,794 km2 and its capital is Gy¨ºgu township (Gy¨ºgu Zhen) in Yushu county, which is the place of the old Tibetan trade mart of Jyekundo (Gy¨ºgu). The area belongs to the cultural realm of Kham in eastern Tibet.