Gyaca County, (; ) is a county of
Shannan located in the south-east of the
Tibet Autonomous Region
The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China in Southwest China. It was overlayed on the traditional Tibetan regions ...
, China.
Gyatsa County is in the south of Tibet, stretching from the
Podrang La pass along the southern side of the Brahmaputra River downstream to
Pamda which is just to the southwest of
Daklha Gampo, across the
Brahmaputra
The Brahmaputra is a trans-boundary river which flows through Tibet, northeast India, and Bangladesh. It is also known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibetan, the Siang/Dihang River in Arunachali, Luit in Assamese, and Jamuna River in Bangla. It ...
. The county capital is in the town of
Gyaca or Drumpa ( west of Pamda) which is alongside the
Drakpo Dratsang Monastery. It is renowned for its walnuts and apricots.
, the small oval 'Oracle Lake', where senior Tibetan monks go for visions to assist in the discovery of
reincarnation
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s of the
Dalai Lama
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s is located in Gyaca County,
Settlements
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Gangga
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Zhaxigang
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Gyaca
Climate
Footnotes
External links
Gyaca County Annals
Counties of Tibet
Shannan, Tibet
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