Sa'gya
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Tibetan script :
ས་ སྐྱ་ རྫོང
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Wylie transliteration : sa skya rdzong
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Official transcription of the PRCh : Sa'gya
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THDL transcription : Sakya
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Other spellings: -
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Traditional :
薩迦 縣
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Simplified :
萨迦 县
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Pinyin : Sàjiā Xiàn
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Sa'gya ( Tibetan ས་ སྐྱ་ རྫོང , transcription after Wylie : sa skya rdzong , also Sakya Dzong ) is a district in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China . It is part of the city of Xigazê .
The Sakya Monastery is the main monastery of the Sakya tradition of Tibetan Buddhism ( Vajrayana ), whose patriarchs controlled Tibet from the middle of the 13th century to the middle of the 14th century. Its unique library is considered "the second Dunhuang ".
Administrative structure
At the community level, the district consists of two large communities and nine communities . These are (pinyin / chin.)
- Community Xiongmai雄麦乡
- Community Mabujia麻布加乡
- Community Xiongma雄玛乡
- Community Zhaxigang扎西岗乡
- Community Chexiu扯休乡
- Sai parish 赛 乡
- Community Laluo拉洛乡
- Community Kaga卡嘎乡
- Mula municipality 木 拉 乡
population
The population of the district in 1999 was 43,405 people.
Footnotes
- ↑ National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period, in China County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS
See also
Web links
- The Sakya Monastery, the second Dunhuang (China today)
- Ancient precious sections of Tibetan Buddhism to be gathered, examined ( Xinhua )
Coordinates: 28 ° 56 ' N , 88 ° 26' E