Doilungdêqên County

Doilungdêqên County
—  County  —
Tibetan transcription(s)
– Tibetan	སྟོད་ལུང་བདེ་ཆེན་རྫོང༌།
– Wylie transliteration	stod-lung-bde-chen rdzong
– pronunciation in IPA
– official transcription (PRC)	Dölungdêqên Zong
– THDL
– other transcriptions
Chinese transcription(s)
– Traditional	堆龙德庆县
– Simplified
– Pinyin	Duīlóngdéqìng Xiàn
Location of Doilungdêqên County within Tibet
Coordinates: 30°0′56″N 90°50′30″E / 30.01556°N 90.84167°E / 30.01556; 90.84167
Country	China
Province	Tibet
Prefecture	Lhasa Prefecture
Capital	[[]]
Area
– Total	2,682 km2 (1,035.5 sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Doilungdêqên (Tibetan: སྟོད་ལུང་བདེ་ཆེན་རྫོང༌།, Wylie: stod-lung-bde-chen rdzong, ZYPY: Dölungdêqên Zong; simplified Chinese: 堆龙德庆县; pinyin: Duīlóngdéqìng Xiàn) is a county north-west of the main centre of Lhasa, Tibet. Tsurphu Monastery and Nenang Nunnery are located in the county.^[1]

Geography

Landscape near Tsurphu Monastery

Doilungdêgên County is located in central and southern Tibet and is a suburb of Lhasa. It covers an area of 2682 square kilometers, with 9.6 million mu of cultivated land.^[1] It has jurisdiction over 11 townships, one town, and 89 village committees.^[1] Doilungdêqên Town has a notable missile base and is located just 11 or 12 kilometres from Lhasa. Other towns include Donggar and Ryugo. The county was established in under the Lhasa Municipal People's Government. The Yarlung Tsangpo river (Brahmaputra) flows through the county from west to east. The maximum altitude is 5,500 meters, with the lowest elevation at 3640 meters.^[1] The valley to the southeast of the county is flat and open and is a temperate semi-arid monsoon plateau area. Precipitation during the rainy season is concentrated with intense solar radiation but a low temperature. Annual sunshine is about 3,000 hours, with an annual frost-free period of 120 days.^[1] Annual precipitation is 440 millimeters on average and natural disasters, droughts, hail, frost, snow, pests, floods and so on are common.^[1]

Economy

China National Highway 318 between Doilungdêqên County and Qüxü County

The main mineral resources are coal, iron, clay, lead, zinc and so on. Wildlife resources are: river deer, otters, brown bears, leopards, black-necked crane, Tibetan Eared Pheasant, Chinese caterpillar fungus, Fritillaria, snow lotus etc.^[1]

Doilungdêgên County is based on agriculture. It is rich in wheat, spring wheat, barley, peas, beans, potatoes and so on. In 2004, 5.22 million mu of grain was sown.^[1] Livestock is also important with cows, sheep, goats, poultry and so on.

Transport

• China National Highway 318

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} Baike.baidu.com (Chinese)

External links

• Coordinates: 30°00′56″N 90°50′30″E / 30.01556°N 90.84167°E / 30.01556; 90.84167