Damxung County
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Damxung (Tibetan: འདམ་གཞུང་རྫོང་Wylie: 'Dam-gzhung rdzong; simplified Chinese: 当雄县; pinyin: Dāngxióng Xiàn) is a county far north of the main centre of Lhasa, Tibet. Its seat is in the small modern town of Damxung.
Damxung means "selected pasture" in Tibetan language.
[edit] Geography
Damxung County is located in the middle of the Tibet Autonomous Region and by the side of the Lhamo Namco Holy Lake.It covers an area of 10036 square kilometres with a population of 38,000.
Damxung County is at the area of Gangdise Mountains and Nyainqentanglha Mountain. The Nyainqentanglha Mountain crosses through the whole county.
The biggest lake in Tibet - Lhamo Namco Holy Lake is in Damxung County. The lake covers an area of 1920 square kilometres. It's a famous tourism attraction of Tibet.
[edit] Economy
The main mine resources are sulfur, kaolin, pozzolana, plaster and turf, etc.
Animal husbandry is booming in the area. The herdsmen raise yaks, sheep, goats and horses.
Qinghai-Tibet Road goes through the whole county and Damxung railway station links the city from the north to Lhasa.
The mileage opened to traffic has reached 1625 kilometres.
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