Gongbo'gyamda County (; ) is a county of
Nyingchi
Nyingchi (), also known as Linzhi and as Nyingtri, is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China. The administrative seat of Nyingchi is Bayi District.
Nyingchi is the location of Buchu Monastery.
Economy ...
(or Nyingtri) City in the
Tibet Autonomous Region
The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a Provinces of China, province-level Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China in Southwest China. I ...
, lying approximately east of
Lhasa
Lhasa (; Lhasa dialect: ; bo, text=ལྷ་ས, translation=Place of Gods) is the urban center of the prefecture-level city, prefecture-level Lhasa (prefecture-level city), Lhasa City and the administrative capital of Tibet Autonomous Regio ...
at its central point. Its main geographical feature is
Basum Tso
Dragsum Tsho (, Pagsum Co (), literally meaning “three rocks” in Tibetan,; The name is sometimes confused with Basum (''Basong Xiang'' / ''dba’ gsum'' ) in Tingri County, Shigatse, due to the similarity of the Chinese names. is a lake cover ...
, a green lake about above sea level.
History
In 1587, Gyampo Monastery was established. Subsequently, a town named "
Gyamda
Gyamda ( bo, རྒྱ་མདའ; ) or Ngapo Zampa ( bo, ང་ཕོད་ཟམ་ཁ) is a village in modern-day Gongbo'gyamda County of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China on the upper Nyang River at an altitude of 3,200 metres.Dorje (1999), ...
", meaning "valley outlet of Gyampo", was developed near the monastery. The region was originally under control of
Derge Gyalpos. After the
Qing Dynasty
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...
took over Derge, the region was managed by the
Tibetan Government as Gyamda Dzong. In 1960, Gyamda Dzong merged with West Dengke Dzong to form the modern Gongbo'gyamda Dzong.
Geography
Gongbo'gyamda County is located in the east of the Tibet Autonomous Region, to the south of the
Nyainqentanglha
The Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains (officially spelt Nyainqêntanglha Mountains in Chinese) are a long mountain range, and subrange of the Transhimalaya System, located in Tibet and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
Geography
One source s ...
Mountains, to the north of the
Yarlung Tsangpo River
The Yarlung Tsangpo, also called Yarlung Zangbo () is the upper stream of the Brahmaputra River located in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is the longest river of Tibet and the fifth longest in China. The upper section is also called Da ...
and in the area of the middle branches of the
Nyang River
The Nyang River (; ; also transliterated as Niyang or Nanpan) is a major river in south-west Tibet and the second largest tributary of the Yarlung Tsangpo River by discharge.
The Nyang has a length of 307.5 km and originates at 5,000 meters ...
. With a population of 22,000, the county covers an area of 12,886 square kilometres. The average altitude of the county is 3,500 metres above sea level. The
Pagsum Lake
Dragsum Tsho (, Pagsum Co (), literally meaning “three rocks” in Tibetan,; The name is sometimes confused with Basum (''Basong Xiang'' / ''dba’ gsum'' ) in Tingri County, Shigatse, due to the similarity of the Chinese names. is a lake cover ...
, with a total area of 26 square kilometres, is a famous lake.
Transport
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China National Highway 318
China National Highway 318 (G318) runs from Shanghai to Zhangmu on the China-Nepal border. It is the longest China National Highway at in length and runs west from Shanghai towards Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei, Chongqing, Sichuan, and ends in Tibet Au ...
Economy and reserves
Water resources are abundant in Gongbo'gyamda County. The species of animals include
leopard
The leopard (''Panthera pardus'') is one of the five extant species in the genus '' Panthera'', a member of the cat family, Felidae. It occurs in a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa, in some parts of Western and Central Asia, Southern Russia, a ...
,
red deer
The red deer (''Cervus elaphus'') is one of the largest deer species. A male red deer is called a stag or hart, and a female is called a hind. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Anatolia, Iran, and parts of wes ...
,
black bear
Black bear or Blackbear may refer to:
Animals
* American black bear (''Ursus americanus''), a North American bear species
* Asian black bear (''Ursus thibetanus''), an Asian bear species
Music
* Black Bear (band), a Canadian First Nations group ...
,
brown bear
The brown bear (''Ursus arctos'') is a large bear species found across Eurasia and North America. In North America, the populations of brown bears are called grizzly bears, while the subspecies that inhabits the Kodiak Islands of Alaska is kno ...
,
otter
Otters are carnivorous mammals in the subfamily Lutrinae. The 13 extant otter species are all semiaquatic, aquatic, or marine, with diets based on fish and invertebrates. Lutrinae is a branch of the Mustelidae family, which also includes wea ...
,
monkey
Monkey is a common name that may refer to most mammals of the infraorder Simiiformes, also known as the simians. Traditionally, all animals in the group now known as simians are counted as monkeys except the apes, which constitutes an incomple ...
and
black-necked crane
The black-necked Crane (''Grus nigricollis'') is a medium-sized crane in Asia that breeds on the Tibetan Plateau and remote parts of India and Bhutan. It is 139 cm (55 in) long with a 235 cm (7.8 ft) wingspan, and it weighs ...
, etc. There are almost a hundred of species of plants in the county, such as
Yartsa Gunbu,
fritillaria
''Fritillaria'' (fritillaries) is a genus of spring flowering herbaceous bulbous perennial plants in the lily family (Liliaceae). The type species, ''Fritillaria meleagris'', was first described in Europe in 1571, while other species from the ...
and
snow lotus
''Saussurea'' is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae, native to cool temperate and arctic regions of East Asia, Europe, and North America, with the highest diversity in alpine habita ...
, etc.
Block raising is the main industry of the county. The
Sichuan-Tibet Highway crosses the county. The total length of all roads reaches .
Villages
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Zhongsa Village
Zhongsa Village (; ) is an administrative village under the jurisdiction of Zhongsha Township, Gongbo'gyamda County, Linzhi, Nyingchi City, Tibet. The grassroots mass autonomous organization in which the village is located is the Zhongsa Villager ...
References
External links
Gongbo'gyamda County Annals
Counties of Tibet
Nyingchi
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