Gyaca County, is a county of the Shannan Prefecture

Shannan Prefecture

The Shannan Prefecture also known as the Lhoka Prefecture is a prefecture in the southeastern area of the Tibet Autonomous Region...

 located in the south-east of 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....

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Gyatsa County is in the south of Tibet, stretching from the Podrang La pass along the southern side of the Brahmaputra River downstream to Pamda which is just to the southwest of Daklha Gampo

Daklha Gampo

Daklha Gampo is a Kagyu monastery founded in 1121 CE by Je Gampopa , the disciple of the famous and much-loved bodhisattva, Jetsun Milarepa Daklha Gampo (Dwags lha sgam po) is a Kagyu monastery founded in 1121 CE by Je Gampopa (1079-1153), the disciple of the famous and much-loved bodhisattva,...

, across the Brahmaputra. The county capital is in the town of Gyaca

Gyaca (village)

Gyaca also known as Drumpa is a township in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, located approximately 155 kilometres from Lhasa. It is the seat of Gyaca County in the Shannan Prefecture and lies on a bend in the Brahmaputra River. It contains the Dakpo Tratsang Monastery and government offices...

 or Drumpa (46 km west of Pamda) which is alongside the Drakpo Dratsang Monastery. It is renowned for its walnuts and apricots.

Lhamo La-tso

Lhamo La-tso

Lhamo La-tso or Lhamo Latso , the small oval 'Oracle Lake', is where senior Tibetan monks go for visions to assist in the discovery of reincarnations of the Dalai Lamas. Other pilgrims also come to seek visions...

, the small oval 'Oracle Lake', where senior Tibetan monks go for visions to assist in the discovery of reincarnation

Reincarnation

Reincarnation best describes the concept where the soul or spirit, after the death of the body, is believed to return to live in a new human body, or, in some traditions, either as a human being, animal or plant...

s of the Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word далай meaning "Ocean" and the Tibetan word bla-ma meaning "teacher"...

s is located in Gyaca County,