Gyaidar Township
Appearance
Gyaidar | |
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Township | |
Tibetan transcription(s) | |
• Tibetan | རྒྱས་དར།། |
• Wylie transliteration | rgyas dar |
Chinese transcription(s) | |
• Traditional | 格达乡 |
• Pinyin | Gédá Xiāng |
Coordinates: 30°31′04″N 90°45′46″E / 30.51778°N 90.76278°E | |
Country | China |
Province | Tibet Autonomous Region |
Prefecture | Lhasa Prefecture |
County | Damxung County |
Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
Gyaidar is a town and township in Damxung County in the Lhasa Prefecture of Tibet, China. The township was affected by the February 5th Damxung earthquake in February 2009.[1]Herdsmen of 151 households in Yangyi village, in Gyaidar Township had to evacuate their homes. The government has given each household a subsidiary of 30,000 yuan, in addition to 1,500 yuan per capita to rebuild the houses destroyed or severely damaged by the disaster.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Post-quake reconstruction to begin in Damxun". Tibet News. April 8, 2009. Retrieved December 5, 2009.