Jomda
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Tibetan script :
འཇོ་ མདའ་ རྫོང་
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Wylie transliteration : 'jo mda'
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Official transcription of the PRCh : Jomda
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Other spellings: Joda
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Traditional :
江 達縣
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Simplified :
江 达县
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Pinyin : Jiāngdá Xiàn
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Jomda ( Joda ) is a district of the city of Qamdo in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China . It covers an area of 13,200 and after the census of 1990 59,994 inhabitants, of which 59,585 Tibetans (99.3%) and 398 Han Chinese (0.7%). In 2003 Jomda had around 70,000 inhabitants.
Jomda is located in the eastern Damala Mountains (also Ningjing Shan) between the Jinsha River, the upper reaches of the Yangtze . The district is on average 3800 meters above sea level. The climate is characterized by the altitude and one can clearly distinguish a wet and a dry season. Annual rainfall averages 548.5 mm.
Both arable farmers and ranchers live in Jomda. Mainly highland barley , millet and rape are grown and yaks , cattle , sheep and horses are kept.
The Sichuan-Tibet Road runs through Jomda, making the district an important passage area.
Gamtog is famous for its performances of traditional legends.
Jomda belongs to the traditional Tibetan region of Kham (Tib .: khams ) and was originally ruled from Dêgê in Garzê , Sichuan Province . After the fall of the Prince of Dêgê in 1909, Jomda was ruled directly by officials from the Qing Dynasty . During the Republic of China , Jomda was part of Xikang Province . In 1950, Xikang was split up: part of it was incorporated into Sichuan Province and Qamdo was administered separately. In 1965 Qamdo and with it Jomda were incorporated into the Tibet Autonomous Region.
Administrative structure
At the community level, Jomda is made up of two large communities and eleven communities . These are:
| Surname | Wylie transliteration | Chinese | Pinyin |
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| Jomda municipality | 'jo mda' | 江 达 镇 | Jiāngdá Zhen |
| Large community of Gamtog | skam thog | 岗 托 镇 | Gǎngtuō Xiàng |
| community Qongkor | chos' khor | 邓 柯 乡 | Dengke Xiàng |
| community Übai | ud dpal | 岩 比 乡 | Yánbǐ Xiàng |
| community Kargang | mkhar sgang | 卡贡 乡 | Kǎgòng Xiàng |
| Sibda municipality | srib mda ' | 生 达 乡 | Shēngdá Xiàng |
| Nyaxi municipality | nya gshis | 娘 西乡 | Niángxī Xiàng |
| community Zigar | rdzi sgar | 字 呷 乡 | Zìgā Xiàng |
| community Qu'nyido | chu gnyes mdo | 青泥 洞 乡 | Qīngnídòng Xiàng |
| Woinbodoi municipality | dbon po stod | 汪 布 顶 乡 | Wāngbùdǐng Xiàng |
| Dêrdoin municipality | gter ston | 德登 乡 | Dédēng Xiàng |
| Dongpu Township | gdong phu | 同 普 乡 | Tóngpǔ Xiàng |
| Bolo municipality | spo | 波罗 乡 | Bōluó Xiàng |
literature
- Chāngdū dìqū zhì 昌都 地区 志 (Beijing, Fāngzhì chūbǎnshè 方志 出版社 2005), ISBN 7-80192-538-6 .
- A. Gruschke: The Cultural Monuments of Tibet's Outer Provinces: Kham - Volume 1. The TAR Part of Kham (Tibet Autonomous region) , White Lotus Press, Bangkok 2004, pp. 58-64.
- Tsering Shakya: The Dragon in the Land of Snows. A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947 , London 1999, ISBN 0-14-019615-3
Footnotes
- ↑ Jomda should not be confused with the Comdo community (bcom mdo) in the Lhünzhub district, Nyingchi administrative district .
- ↑ 中国 行政 区划 网 ( Memento of the original from March 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ 行政 区划 网 .
- ↑ Dawei Sherap, Melvyn C. Goldstein, William R. Siebenschuh: A Tibetan Revolutionary. The Political Life and Times of Bapa Phüntso Wangye (Berkeley / Los Angeles, University of California Press 2004), p. 218ff .; see 行政 区划 网 .
Coordinates: 32 ° 43 ' N , 97 ° 57' E