Amdo (circle)
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Tibetan script :
ཨ་ མདོ་ རྫོང
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Wylie transliteration : a mdo rdzong
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Official transcription of the PRCh : Amdo
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THDL transcription : Amdo
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Other spellings: -
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Traditional :
安 多 縣
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Simplified :
安 多 县
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Pinyin : Ānduō Xiàn
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Amdo ( Tibetan : ཨ་ མདོ་ རྫོང , transcription after Wylie : a mdo rdzong ) is a district of the Nagqu administrative district in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China .
In Amdo there is now a station for the new railway line from Golmud to Lhasa .
Administrative structure
At the community level, the district is made up of four major communities and nine communities . These are (official spelling / Chinese):
- Greater Pagnag Municipality 帕 那 镇
- Greater community Zaring 扎仁镇
- Greater community Yanshiping 雁石坪镇
- Greater community Qangma 强玛镇
- Community Maqu 玛曲乡
- Comar municipality 措 玛 乡
- Community Bangmêr 帮爱乡
- Community Tandü 滩堆乡
- Community Zhaqu 扎曲乡
- Community Gangnyi 岗尼乡
- Municipality of Sêwu 色 务 乡
- Domar municipality 多 玛 乡
- Community Marrong 玛荣乡
The communities of Yanshiping, Domar, Marrong, Maqu and Sêwu are located in the Yushu Autonomous District in the Chinese province of Qinghai .
Area, population and climate
Amdo has an area of 43,410.85 km². In 1990 Amdo had 27,744 inhabitants, of whom 27,494 were Tibetans (99.1%) and 238 Han Chinese (0.9%); In 2000 the population had grown to 32,843 inhabitants.
The average temperature in July is 5.7 °, in January it is −17.3 °. However, only about 150 mm of precipitation fall.
Ethnic breakdown of the population of Amdo (2000)
The 2000 census counted 32,843 inhabitants in Amdo.
| Name of the people | Residents | proportion of |
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| Tibetans | 32.191 | 98.01% |
| Han | 479 | 1.46% |
| Hui | 118 | 0.36% |
| Salar | 19th | 0.06% |
| Others | 36 | 0.11% |
literature
- Xú Píng 徐 平, Nàqǔ那曲(Nagqu) , Beijing, Wǔzhōu chuánbō chūbǎnshè 五洲 传播 出版社 2000, ISBN 7-80113-400-1 .
- Guojia cèhuìjú diming yánjiūsuǒ国家测绘局地名研究所, Xizang diming西藏地名/ bod ljongs sa ming བོད་ ལྗོངས་ ས་ མིང (Tibetan place names) , Beijing, Zhōngguó Zàngxué chūbǎnshè中国藏学出版社1995, ISBN 7-80057-284 -6 .
Web links
- 安 多 县 (行政 区划 网)
Coordinates: 32 ° 39 ' N , 91 ° 8' E