Jonê County (also Cone, Chone, Choni; Tibetan: ཅོ་ནེ་རྫོང་།, Wylie: co-ne rdzong, ZYPY: Jonê Zong; local pronunciation: /tɕɔLnɛ/[4]; Chinese: 卓尼县; pinyin: Zhuōní Xiàn) is a county in the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, China.

In 1404, whereupon they informed the Ming Emperor Yongle of this fact and were recognized as local rulers, and were given a seal of authority and the surname Yang (杨).

The family holding the Yang seal continued to rule over 48 Tibetan clans in Jonê as an autonomous kingdom from the early 15th century for 23 generations, until 1928, when it was placed under the control of the Lanzhou government.

[10] In the late Qing Dynasty and Republican Period, many nomadic regions had considerable de facto independence,[11] despite the claims and perspective of the Chinese rulers.

He resided in the compound of the local chief (the 19th-generation tusi Yang Jiqing (杨积庆)[12][13]), making it the base for his exploration of southern Gansu and eastern Qinghai.