Maizhokunggar County

Maizhokunggar County
—  County  —
Tibetan transcription(s)
- Tibetan	མལ་གྲོ་གུང་དཀར་རྫོང་
- Wylie transliteration	mal-gro-gung-dkar rdzong
- pronunciation in IPA
- official transcription (PRC)
- THDL
- other transcriptions
Chinese transcription(s)
- Traditional
- Simplified	墨竹工卡县
- Pinyin	Mòzhúgōngkǎ Xiàn
Location of Maizhokunggar County within Tibet
Maizhokunggar County Location in Tibet
Coordinates: 30°09′36″N 92°09′29″E / 30.16°N 92.15806°E / 30.16; 92.15806
Country	China
Province	Tibet
Prefecture	Lhasa Prefecture
Capital	Kunggar
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Maizhokunggar (Tibetan: མལ་གྲོ་གུང་དཀར་རྫོང་; Wylie: Mal-gro-gung-dkar rdzong; simplified Chinese: 墨竹工卡县; pinyin: Mòzhúgōngkǎ Xiàn) is a county east of the main centre of Lhasa, Tibet.^[1] The country is especially noted for its pottery, particularly Kunggar Township. The pottery is non-corrodible, heat retaining and in an ethnic style. It has an over 1000-year-old history.^[2]

Geography

Maizhokunggar means "The Place Where Medro King has lived" in the Tibetan language.The county is located in the valley of the middle reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River. The average altitude of the county is above 4000 metres and the main natural resources are gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc and marble etc.^[3]

There are 34 temples in the county and many hot springs. Main towns and villages include Kunggar and Zaxoi.

Transport

The Sichuan-Tibet Road (China National Highway 318) runs through the county. There are over 70 roads in the county. The total length of the roads are 650 kilometres.

References

1. ^ Baike.baidu.com (Chinese)
2. ^ China Tibet News
3. ^ En.Tibetour

Coordinates: 30°09′36″N 92°09′29″E / 30.16°N 92.15806°E / 30.16; 92.15806