Riwoqê
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Tibetan script :
རི་ བོ་ ཆེ་ རྫོང་
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Wylie transliteration : ri bo che rdzong
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Official transcription of the PRCh : Riwoqê
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THDL transcription : Riwoché
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Other spellings: Riwoche, Riboche
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Traditional :
類烏齊 縣
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Simplified :
类乌齐 县
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Pinyin : Lèiwūqí Xiàn
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The circle Riwoqe (Riboche) belongs to the administrative area of the city Qamdo in eastern Tibet Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China . In 1999 it had 39,683 inhabitants.
Administrative structure
At the community level, the district consists of two large communities and eight communities . These are (official spelling / Chinese):
- Large municipality of Samdo桑 多 镇
- Large municipality of Riwoqê类乌齐 镇
- Jigdoi Parish 吉 多 乡
- Kangsê岗 色 乡parish
- Pengda Township 滨 达 乡
- Community Karmardo卡玛多乡
- Samka parish 尚 卡 乡
- Yiri Parish 伊 日 乡
- Jagsamka municipality 加桑卡 乡
- Chamoling municipality 长毛 岭乡
history
The place name Riwoqê, "Big Mountain", goes back to the monastery of the same name belonging to the Taglung Kagyü School, which was founded there by Sangye Ön (Tib .: sangs rgyas dbon) (1250–1296) with the support of Chögyel Phagpas and was founded into the 20th century Century held the secular and religious fortunes of the region unchallenged. Due to its close ties to the mother monastery of Chang Taglung Thang , which was also known as Yarthang (Tib .: yar thang), "higher level", due to its location in the central Tibetan area, north of Lhasa, Riwoqê was also nicknamed Marthang ( tib .: mar thang).
See also
- Riwoqê Monastery (Riboche Monastery)
Web links
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 31 ° 13 ' N , 96 ° 36' E