Dêlêg (
Tibetan: ) is a village in
Xaitongmoin county (Tibetan: ་) of
Shigatse Prefecture
Shigatse, officially known as Xigazê () or Rikaze ( zh, s=日喀则, p=Rìkāzé), is a prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. Its area of jurisdiction, with an area of , corresponds to the histo ...
in the
Tibet Autonomous Region
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of
China
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, northeast of the county seat. The Tibetan name means "good luck". It lies at an
elevation
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of 4,804 metres (15,764 feet). In 2007 the village had a
population
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of about 350.
The main source of income in the area is herding yaks and sheep, major crops are Tibetan barley (''qingko''), buckwheat, peas and rapeseed.
[Guójiā cèhuìjú dìmíng yánjiūsuǒ 国家测绘局地名研究所: Xīzàng dìmíng 西藏地名 / bod ljongs sa ming བོད་ལྗོངས་ས་མིང ''(Tibetan Place Names)'', Beijing, Zhōngguó Zàngxué chūbǎnshè 中国藏学出版社 1995), , p. 112.]
See also
*
List of towns and villages in Tibet
An alphabetical list of populated places, including cities, towns, and villages, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of western China.
A
*Alamdo
*Alhar
*Arza
*Asog
B
*Baga, Tibet, Baga
*Bagar
*Baidi, Nagarzê County, Baidi
*Baima
*Baimai
*Bai ...
Footnotes
Populated places in Tibet
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