Yadong County
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Yadong (Tibetan: གྲོ་མོ་, Wylie: Gro mo; Simplified Chinese: 亚东; Traditional Chinese: 亞東; pinyin: Yàdōng; Wade-Giles: Yatung) is a frontier county and trade-market of Tibet, situated in the mouth of the Chumbi valley near the Indian frontier. It lies in the middle part of Himalayas and the south of Tibet Autonomous Region, covering 4,306 square kilometers with a general population of 10,000. In the Tibetan language, Yadong means "rushing deep valley".
The famous local specialities are Yadong fish, barley wine and others. Pali Town of Yadong is noted for being the highest town of the world. The main tour sites of Yadong are Donggar Monastery, Garju Monastery and Kangbu Hotspring. Yadong is connected to the Indian state of Sikkim via the Nathula Pass.
According to the Convention of 1890-93, the market at Yadong was opened to India, and the conduct of the Tibetans in building a wall across the road between Yadong and Tibet was one of the incidents that led up to the British mission of 1904. According to the treaty of that year, a British trade-agent was to be maintained at Yadong.
As part of the China Western Development strategy, it is planned to extend the Qingzang railway from Lhasa to Yadong near the Nathu La Pass that marks the China-India border. [1]
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- ^ Extension plans. Retrieved June 28, 2006
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
