Maizhokunggar County
Maizhokunggar
墨竹工卡县 • མལ་གྲོ་གུང་དཀར་རྫོང་། Meldro Gungkar, Mozhugongka | |
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View from Drigung monastery | |
Location of Maizhokunggar County (red) within Lhasa City (yellow) and Tibet Autonomous Region | |
| Coordinates: 29°50′21″N 91°43′47″E / 29.8393°N 91.7298°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Tibet |
| Prefecture-level city | Lhasa |
| County seat | Kunggar |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,492 km2 (2,120 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 49,511 |
| • Density | 9.0/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 墨竹工卡县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 墨竹工卡縣 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | མལ་གྲོ་གུང་དཀར་རྫོང་། | ||||||
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Maizhokunggar County or Meldro Gungkar County is a county of Lhasa and east of the main center of Chengguan, Tibet Autonomous Region. It has an area of 5,492 square kilometres (2,120 sq mi) with an average elevation of over 4,000 metres (13,000 ft). Most of the people are ethnic Tibetan and are engaged in agriculture or herding. Mining is a major source of tax revenue, but it has created environmental problems. The county has various tourist attractions including hot springs and the Drigung Monastery.