Amdo County

Amdo County 安多县 • ཨ་མདོ་རྫོང་།
County

Location of Amdo County within Tibet
Amdo County Location in Tibet
Coordinates: 32°15′50″N 91°40′50″E / 32.26389°N 91.68056°E / 32.26389; 91.68056
Country	China
Province	Tibet
Prefecture	Nagchu Prefecture
Capital	Pagnag
Area
• Total	43,410.85 km² (16,761.02 sq mi)
Population (2000)
• Total	32,843
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Amdo County. (Tibetan ཨ་མདོ་རྫོང་; Wylie: a mdo rdzong) is a county within the Nagchu Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The county covers an area of 43,410.85 square kilometres and is dominated by mainly Tibetan grassland. In 2000 it had a population of 32,843 .^[1]

Its capital is Amdo Town, north of Lhasa. It has a station on the new railway from Golmud to Lhasa. There is a major rail depot 3 km west of the town. Cona Lake lies to the southwest of the town of Amdo.

Administrative divisions

Zharen Town (ཁྲ་རིང་, 扎仁镇)
Yanshiping Town (ཡན་ཤིས་ཕིན་, 雁石坪镇)
Qangma Town (བྱང་མ་, 强玛镇)
Pana Town (བྲག་ནག་, 帕那镇)
Cuoma Township (མཚོ་དམར་, 措玛乡)
Dardü Township (དར་མདུད་, 滩堆乡)
Sibnak Chenchungo Township (སྲིབ་ནག་ཆེན་ཆུ་མགོ་, 扎曲乡)
Gangnyi Township (སྐང་གཉིས་, 岗尼乡)
Marchu Township (དམར་ཆུ་, 玛曲乡)
Sewu Township (སེའུ་, 色务乡)
Marrong Township (དམར་རོང་, 玛荣乡)
Töma Township (སྟོད་མ་, 多玛乡)
Bangmer Township (སྦང་མེར་, 帮麦乡)

References

↑ 安多縣 (in Chinese). Hudong Encyclopedia. Retrieved 9 April 2012.

County-level divisions of Tibet Autonomous Region

Lhasa (capital)

Prefecture-level
city

Lhasa	Chengguan District Doilungdêqên District Lhünzhub County Damxung County Nyêmo County Qüxü County Dagzê County Maizhokunggar County

Shigatse (Xigazê)	Samzhubzê District Namling County Gyantse (Gyangzê) County Tingri County Sa'gya County Lhatse (Lhazê) County Ngamring County Xaitongmoin County Bainang County Rinbung County Kangmar County Dinggyê County Zhongba County Chomo (Yadong) County Gyirong County Nyalam County Saga County Gamba County

Chamdo (Qamdo)	Karub District Jomda County Gonjo County Riwoqê County Dêngqên County Zhag'yab County Baxoi County Zogang County Markam County Lhorong County Banbar County

Nyingchi	Bayi District Gongbo'gyamda County Mainling County Mêdog County Bomê County Zayü County Nang County

Shannan	Nêdong District Zhanang County Gonggar County Sangri County Qonggyai County Qusum County Comai County Lhozhag County Gyaca County Lhünzê County Cona County Nagarzê County

Prefectures

Nagqu	Nagqu County Lhari County Biru County Nyainrong County Amdo County Xainza County Sog County Baingoin County Baqên County Nyima County Shuanghu County

Ngari	Gar County Burang County Zanda County Rutog County Gê'gyai County Gêrzê County Coqên County

** Southern portions of these counties are part of the South Tibet area, which is administered by India and claimed by the PRC.

Nagqu Prefecture, Tibet

County-level divisions	Nagchu Lhari Biru Nyainrong Amdo Xainza Sog Baingoin Baqên Nyima Shuanghu

Towns and villages	Amdo Town Arza Bagar Bang'ai Bangkor Biru Baqên Bilung Bungona'og Cêgnê Chacang Chalükong Charing Chawola Chêcang Codoi Cora Coyang Cuoma Dartang Dawatang Doijiang Dongqiao Doqemo Duoma Ganda Gangnyi Garong Garco Goqung Gorqu Jagbung Jangco Jangmai Jamda Lamado Lhari Town Lingti Maindu Maqu Marong Nagchu Town Ngukang Nyainrong Nyewo Pana Parta Poinsog Punzom Ragxi Qagze Qiangma Qigêgyizhungma Rongdoi Sato Sewu Shela Sima Sog Tandui Tanggo Tumain Xagquka Xainza Xarma Yanshiping Zabbe Zala Zaindainxoi Zhaqu Zhasa Zamar Zaindainxoi Zharen Zhongyu

Geography	Cona Lake Siling Lake Geren Lake Mujiu Lake Anzi Lake Guomang Lake Cuo'e Ziguii Lake Wuru Lake Zigetangcuo Lake

Coordinates: 32°15′50″N 91°40′50″E / 32.26389°N 91.68056°E / 32.26389; 91.68056

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