Damxung County
| Damxung County | |
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| Tibetan transcription(s) | |
| • Tibetan | འདམ་གཞུང་རྫོང། |
| • Wylie transliteration | ’dam gzhung rdzong |
| • [] | tamɕuŋ tsoŋ |
| • official transcription (PRC) | Damxung |
| • THDL | Damzhung |
| • other transcriptions | Damshung, Dhamshung |
| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| • Traditional | 當雄縣 |
| • Simplified | 当雄县 |
| • Pinyin | Dāngxióng Xiàn |
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 Damxung County
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| Coordinates: 30°31′04″N 90°45′46″E / 30.51778°N 90.76278°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Tibet |
| Prefecture | Lhasa Prefecture |
| Capital | Damquka or Damxung Town? |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10,036 km2 (3,874.9 sq mi) |
| Population (1999) | |
| • Total | 38,473 |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Damxung is a county far north of the main centre of Lhasa in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Its administrative seat is Damquka.
Damxung means "selected pasture" in Tibetan language.
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[edit] Geography
Damxung County is located in the middle of the Tibet Autonomous Region and by the side of the Lhamo Namco Holy Lake. It covers an area of 10,036 square kilometres with a population of 38,473 (1999).
Damxung County is at the area of Gangdisê and Nyainqêntanglha Mountains. The Nyainqêntanglha range crosses through the whole county.
The biggest lake in Tibet - Lhamo Nam Co is in Damxung County. The lake covers an area of 1920 square kilometres. It's a famous tourism attraction of Tibet.
[edit] Administrative divisions
| Name | Tibetan | Wylie | Chinese | Pinyin |
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| Damquka | འདམ་ཆུ་ཁ། | ’dam chu kha | 当曲卡镇 | Dāngqǔkǎ Zhèn |
| Yangbajain | ཡངས་པ་ཅན།། | yangs pa can | 羊八井镇 | Yángbājǐng Zhèn |
| Gyaidar | རྒྱས་དར།། | rgyas dar | 格达乡 | Gédá Xiāng |
| Nyingzhung | སྙིང་དྲུང། | snying drung | 宁中乡 | Níngzhōng Xiāng |
| Gongtang | ཀོང་ཐང། | kong thang | 公塘乡 | Gōngtáng Xiāng |
| Lungring | ལུང་རིང། | lung ring | 龙仁乡 | Lóngrén Xiāng |
| Wumatang | དབུ་མ་ཐང། | dbu ma thang | 乌玛塘乡 | Wūmǎtáng Xiāng |
| Namco | གནམ་མཚོ། | gnam mtsho | 纳木错乡 | Nàmùcuò Xiāng |
[edit] Economy
The main mine resources are sulfur, kaolin, pozzolana, plaster and turf, etc.
Animal husbandry is booming in the area. The herdsmen raise yaks, sheep, goats and horses.
Qinghai-Tibet Highway (part of G219) goes through the whole county and Damxung railway station links the city from the north to Lhasa.
The mileage opened to traffic has reached 1625 kilometres.
[edit] See also
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Coordinates: 30°31′04″N 90°45′46″E / 30.51778°N 90.76278°E
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