Donggar
Encyclopedia
Donggar is a town
in Doilungdêqên County
in the Tibet Autonomous Region
of China
, northwest of Lhasa
. It lies at an altitude
of 3,828 metres (12,562 feet). The town has a population
of about 4000 people with 9,359 people in the township and lies roughly 10 miles north of Nam Co lake.
It lies approximately 17.8 miles south of Dobjoi
and is near Cha'gyungoinba.
In 1962 Donggar became an administrative township, covering an area of 85 square kilometers. Donggar Township has three village committees and 17 villages. The economy is dominated by agriculture, animal husbandry with an area of 8636 mu of cultivated land, including barley
, wheat
, rapeseed
and vegetables. Livestock breeding includes yaks, sheep, goats, etc. China National Highway 318
runs through this territory.
Town
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in Doilungdêqên County
Doilungdêqên County
Doilungdêqên is a county north-west of the main centre of Lhasa, Tibet. Tsurphu Monastery and Nenang Nunnery are located in the county.-Geography:...
in the Tibet Autonomous Region
Tibet Autonomous Region
The Tibet Autonomous Region , Tibet or Xizang for short, also called the Xizang Autonomous Region is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China , created in 1965....
of China
China
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, northwest of Lhasa
Lhasa
Lhasa is the administrative capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China and the second most populous city on the Tibetan Plateau, after Xining. At an altitude of , Lhasa is one of the highest cities in the world...
. It lies at an altitude
Altitude
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of 3,828 metres (12,562 feet). The town has a population
Population
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of about 4000 people with 9,359 people in the township and lies roughly 10 miles north of Nam Co lake.
It lies approximately 17.8 miles south of Dobjoi
Dobjoi
Dobjoi is a village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China north east of Shigatse. It lies at an altitude of 4410 metres .It lies approximately 5.6 miles south of Namlingxoi.-See also:*List of towns and villages in Tibet...
and is near Cha'gyungoinba.
In 1962 Donggar became an administrative township, covering an area of 85 square kilometers. Donggar Township has three village committees and 17 villages. The economy is dominated by agriculture, animal husbandry with an area of 8636 mu of cultivated land, including barley
Barley
Barley is a major cereal grain, a member of the grass family. It serves as a major animal fodder, as a base malt for beer and certain distilled beverages, and as a component of various health foods...
, wheat
Wheat
Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...
, rapeseed
Rapeseed
Rapeseed , also known as rape, oilseed rape, rapa, rappi, rapaseed is a bright yellow flowering member of the family Brassicaceae...
and vegetables. Livestock breeding includes yaks, sheep, goats, etc. China National Highway 318
China National Highway 318
China National Highway 318 runs from Shanghai to Zhangmu on the China-Nepal border. It is 5,476 kilometres in length and runs west from Shanghai towards Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei, Chongqing, Sichuan, and ends in Tibet. One notable section of this road is the Si Du River Bridge, the bridge with the...
runs through this territory.