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Dege
Dege may refer to: * Derge, a town in Dêgê County in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China * Dêgê County Dêgê County (; zh, s=德格县) is a county in southern China, which was formerly one of the Kham region's five independent kingdoms - the Kingdom of Derge - but is now administered as a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in far no ..., in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China * Dege Kingdom, a former kingdom in Eastern Tibet {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derge
Derge (), officially Gengqing Town (; ), is a town in Dêgê County in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan, China. It was once the center of the Kingdom of Derge in Kham. History Historically, Derge, which means "land of mercy", was an important centre of Tibetan culture, along with places such as Lhasa and Xiahe. Derge was formerly the seat of the kings of the kingdom of Derge, whose 1300-year lineage was broken with the death of the last male heir in the 1990s. The kingdom was an important industrial, religious and political center in Eastern Tibet. In the early 20th century, the kingdom fell into political struggle between the final heirs to the throne, Djembel Rinch'en and Doje Senkel. The latter, who had enjoyed the backing of the Chinese, yielded the kingdom to China in 1908 in exchange for the ousting of his rival. The palace of the Derge kings was torn down after 1950 and a school was later built on the site.McCue, 241. Culture The town of Derge is famous fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dêgê County
Dêgê County (; zh, s=德格县) is a county in southern China, which was formerly one of the Kham region's five independent kingdoms - the Kingdom of Derge - but is now administered as a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in far northwestern Sichuan, China, bordering the Tibet Autonomous Region to the west. Its county seat is the town of Derge. Governance The primary law enforcement agency in Dêgê County is the Dêgê County Public Security Bureau. Administrative divisions Dêgê County is divided into 10 towns and 13 townships: National priority protected site Two National priority protected sites are located in Dege County * Derge Parkhang, added to list on 1996 as part of the . * Palpung Monastery, added to list on 2013 as part of the Transport *China National Highway 317 China National Highway 317 (G317) runs broadly west to east from Chengdu, Sichuan to Gar County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet. It is 2,028 kilometres in length and forms an import ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
