Gongbo'gyamda County (; zh, s=工布江达县) is a county of

Nyingchi Nyingchi (), also known as Linzhi ( zh, s=林芝, p=Linzhi) or 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 Buch ...

(or Nyingtri) City in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, lying approximately east of

Lhasa Lhasa, officially the Chengguan District of Lhasa City, is the inner urban district of Lhasa (city), Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region, Southwestern China. Lhasa is the second most populous urban area on the Tibetan Plateau after Xining ...

at its central point. Its main geographical feature is Basum Tso, a green lake about above sea level.

History

In 1587, Gyampo Monastery was established. Subsequently, a town named "

Gyamda Gyamda (; ) or Ngapo Zampa () 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), p. 242. The Neu Dechen Gon Monastery sits above the town. ...

", 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 Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...

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 Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains, to the north of the

Yarlung Tsangpo River The Yarlung Tsangpo, also called Yarlung Zangbo () and Yalu Zangbu River () is a river that flows through the Tibet Autonomous Region of China and Arunachal Pradesh of India. It is the longest river of Tibet and the fifth longest in China. The u ...

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. Geography The Nyang has a length of 307.5 km and originates at ...

. 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. Pagsum Lake had an area of 26 square kilometres.

Administrative divisions

Gongbo'gyamda County contains 3

towns A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

and 6 townships.

Villages

* Zhongsa Village

References

External links

Gongbo'gyamda County Annals
Counties of Tibet Nyingchi {{Nyingchi-geo-stub