Bomê
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Tibetan script :
སྤོ་ མེས་ རྫོང་
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Wylie transliteration : spo mes rdzong
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Official transcription of the PRCh : Pome Dzong
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Other spellings: Bowo, Bomi
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Simplified :
波密 县
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Pinyin : Bōmì Xiàn
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Street in Zhamog (Zhamu)
Bomê (also called Powo) is a district that belongs to the administrative area of the Nyingchi Administrative District in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China . In 1999 it had 27,169 inhabitants. Its main town is Zhamog (Zhamu).
Bomê practically retained its independence into the 20th century. This ancient center of Tibetan culture is also known as Poyül or Powo.
Administrative structure
At the community level, the district is made up of three large communities and seven communities . These are (pinyin / chin.)
- Large municipality of Zhamog扎 木 镇 (seat of the district government)
- Greater community Qundo倾多镇
- Greater community Sumzom松宗镇
- Community Gu古乡
- Paggai municipality 巴格 乡
- Yuxu Township 玉 许 乡
- Community Dojie多吉乡
- Community Kangyu康玉乡
- Community Yupug玉普乡
- Community Yi'ong易贡乡
Web links
- Official website - Chinese
- Info page - Chinese
- Bomi - English
- History of Bomi - English
- Bome County
- The Gangxiang Village Nature Reserve in Bome County
Footnotes
- ↑ http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/work/downloads/faqs/1999_pop_faq.html
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from August 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 30 ° 48 ' N , 95 ° 45' E