Baingoin

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Tibetan name
Tibetan script :
དཔལ་ མགོན་ རྫོང
Wylie transliteration :
dpal mgon rdzong
Official transcription of the PRCh :
Baingoin
THDL transcription :
 
Other spellings:
Palgon, Pälgön, Pelgön, Pangon, Pengön etc.
Chinese name
Traditional :
班 戈 縣
Simplified :
班 戈 县
Pinyin :
Bāngē Xiàn
Location of Baingoin (pink) in Nagqu (yellow) within Tibet (light gray)

Baingoin ( Tibetan : དཔལ་ མགོན་ རྫོང , transcription after Wylie : dpal mgon rdzong , also: Pelgön ) is a district of the Nagqu administrative district in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China .

Administrative structure

At the community level, the district is made up of four large communities and six communities . These are:

Geography and climate

Baingoin has an area of ​​28,383 km². The district is located on Nam Co , the largest salt lake in Tibet and the second largest salt lake in China (after Lake Qinghai ).

The name of the circle is a phonetic approximation of "Drangkhog" - the Drangkhog (Tib .: brang khog mtsho / Bāngē Cuò班 戈 错) is another salt lake in Baingoin. It lies at an altitude of 4,522 m and has an area of ​​54 km².

The annual average temperature is −2 ° C, the average temperature in January −11.3 ° C, in July 8.3 ° C.

Population and nationalities

In 1990 Baingoin had a population of 26,392, including 26,303 Tibetans (99.7%) and 81 Han Chinese (0.3%). In 2000 the population had grown to 32,287 inhabitants.

Ethnic breakdown of the Baingoin population (2000)

The 2000 census counted 32,287 inhabitants in Baingoin.

Name of the people Residents proportion of
Tibetans 32,133 99.52%
Han 107 0.33%
Zhuang 11 0.03%
Mongols 9 0.03%
Others 27 0.08%

economy

Livestock - pasture farming, especially on the banks of the lakes - is the most important industry in Baingoin, but gold is also panned and borax , salt and potash are extracted.

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 .

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Coordinates: 31 ° 21 '  N , 90 ° 10'  E