Jaggang

Chakgang, or Jaggang (Tibetan: ལྕགས་སྒང, Wylie: lcags sgang; Chinese: 甲岗; pinyin: Jiǎ gǎng, often transliterated as Jiagang), is a village in the Rutog County, Ngari Prefecture in the Tibet region of China. It is located on a wide plain at a major junction in the Maga Zangbo valley where several tributary streams join the river. It is traditionally known for its barley cultivation. The area was used as a base for Chinese military operations in the Demchok sector in the 1962 Sino-Indian War.

Jiagang Cun (Chinese: 甲岗村; pinyin: Jiǎ gǎng cūn), i.e., "Jaggang Village", includes a wider area in the Maga Zangbo valley with numerous settlements. Between 2014 and 2018, a model village was constructed at the former campsite called Jibajiawu, upstream on Maga Zangbo 15 km west of Chakgang, which was also described as being part of Jiagang Cun. The development received significant publicity. Jiagang Cun is said to have a high proportion of communist party members (106 out of a population of 1000). The 11th Panchen Lama visited the village in July 2019 to examine the living conditions afforded by the new development of the area.