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The circle Zamtang (also Dzamthang ; Tibetan འཛམ་ ཐང Wylie 'dzam thang ་ ; Chinese 壤塘县 , pinyin Rǎngtáng Xiàn ) is located in the administrative territory of the Autonomous District Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang in the northern Chinese province of Sichuan , People's Republic of China . It has an area of 6,836 square kilometers and has around 30,000 inhabitants (2004). Its main town is the large municipality of Zamkog (壤 柯 镇).
Administrative structure
At the community level, the district is composed of three large communities and nine communities . These are:
- Greater Rangke (Zamkog) municipality 壤 柯 镇
- Greater community Nanmuda南木达镇
- Greater community Zhongrangtang中壤塘镇
- Puxi municipality 蒲 西乡
- Zongke municipality 宗 科 乡
- Shili Parish 石 里 乡
- Wuyi Township 吾 伊 乡
- Community Gangmuda岗木达乡
- Municipality Shang Duke上杜柯乡
- Community Rongmuda茸木达乡
- Gaduo Township 尕 多 乡
- Community Shangrangtang上壤塘乡
Ethnic breakdown of the population (2000)
At the census in 2000, Zamtang had 33,550 inhabitants.
| Name of the people | Residents | proportion of |
|---|---|---|
| Tibetans | 29,765 | 88.72% |
| Han | 3,109 | 9.27% |
| Qiang | 522 | 1.56% |
| Hui | 129 | 0.38% |
| Yi | 5 | 0.01% |
| Bai | 4th | 0.01% |
| Uighurs | 4th | 0.01% |
| Tujia | 3 | 0.01% |
| Zhuang | 3 | 0.01% |
| Others | 6th | 0.02% |
religion
The Zamtang district is the most important refuge of the Jonangpa , a Tibetan Buddhist order that has become extinct in other parts of Tibet (exception: the areas in Amdo directly adjacent to Zamtang).
Monuments
The Bangtuo Monastery (Bangtuo si 棒 托 寺), the Cuo'erji Monastery (Cuo'erji si 措 尔 机 寺; Tibetan: Chöje Gompa) and the nine-storey Diaofang house complex Risimanba diaofang (日 斯 满 巴 碉 房) stand since 2001 and 2006 on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China .
literature
- Andreas Gruschke : The Cultural Monuments of Tibet's Outer Provinces: Amdo . Volume 2: The Gansu and Sichuan Parts of Amdo . White Lotus Press, Bangkok 2001.
- Tsering Shakya: The Dragon in the Land of Snows. A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947 . London 1999, ISBN 0-14-019615-3
Web links
- Official website ( Memento of September 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Website (chinese)
- Info page ( Memento from December 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (Chinese)
- Rangtang County ( Memento of March 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (Chinese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Indication of place names in Chinese reading (Pinyin / Chin.).
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: sccm.gov.cn
Coordinates: 32 ° 15 ′ 55.7 ″ N , 100 ° 58 ′ 43 ″ E