Damxung County
Damxung
当雄县 • འདམ་གཞུང་རྫོང་། | |
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Location of Damxung County (red) within Lhasa City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region | |
| Coordinates: 30°28′23″N 91°06′04″E / 30.473°N 91.101°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Tibet |
| Prefecture-level city | Lhasa |
| County seat | Damquka |
| Area | |
• Total | 10,036 km2 (3,875 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 47,900 |
| • Density | 4.8/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 当雄县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 當雄縣 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | འདམ་གཞུང་རྫོང་། | ||||||
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Damxung is a county of Lhasa City, lying to the north of its main center of Chengguan, in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Its administrative seat is Damquka. The terrain is rugged, including the western Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains, with their highest peak rising to 7,111 metres (23,330 ft). As of 2013 the population was 40,000, with most of the people engaged in animal husbandry.