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Damxung County

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Damxung is a county of Lhasa City, lying to the north of its main center of Chengguan, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. [1]

40 relations: Administrative divisions of Mongolia during Qing, China National Highways, Damxung railway station, Dangquka, Dayan Khan (Khoshut), Duilong River, Güshi Khan, Gongtang, Gyaidar, Horru, KOSMA, Lha-bzang Khan, Lhasa (prefecture-level city), Lhasa Gonggar Airport, Lhasa River, List of administrative divisions of the Tibet Autonomous Region, List of counties in the People's Republic of China, List of earthquakes in China, List of highest cities in the world, List of postal codes in China, List of towns in Tibet by elevation, List of township-level divisions of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Mount Nyenchen Tanglha, Namco, Tibet, Namtso, Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains, Nyingzhong Township, Padma Choling, Qinghai–Tibet railway, Reting Tsangpo, Sakya Pandita, Southwest China administration division codes of the PRC (Division 5), Tagtsepa, Tibetan festivals, Wumatang, Yak racing, Yangbajain, Yangbajain Geothermal Field, 1952 Damxung earthquake, 2008 Damxung earthquake.

Administrative divisions of Mongolia during Qing

During the Qing rule of Mongolia, Mongolia (it is understood in broader historical sense here) was generally administered as Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia; additional Mongol-inhabited regions were directly administered by the Qing dynasty.

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China National Highways

The China National Highways (CNH/Guodao) is a network of trunk roads across mainland China.

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Damxung railway station

Dangxiong railway station, or Damxung railway station is a railway station in Damxung County, Lhasa, Tibet.

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Dangquka

Damxung, or Dangquka (འདམ་ཆུ་ཁ།) is a small modern Tibetan town of low-barrack like buildings and is the administrative centre of Damxung County, roughly two and a half hours by road northeast of Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region.

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Dayan Khan (Khoshut)

Dayan Khan (ᠳᠠᠶᠠᠨ dayan qaɣan, died 22 April 1668) was the second khan of the Khoshut Khanate and protector-king of Tibet, ruling from 1655 to 1668.

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Duilong River

The Duilong River, or Duilong Qu (Tibetan: Toelung), is a right tributary of the Lhasa River, which it enters just below the city of Lhasa, Tibet, China.

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Güshi Khan

Güshi Khan (also spelled Gushri Khan, Гүш хаан, གུ་ཤྲཱི་བསྟན་འཛིན, 1582 – 14 January 1655) was a Khoshut prince and leader of the Khoshut Khanate, who supplanted the Tumed descendants of Altan Khan as the main benefactor of the Dalai Lama and the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Gongtang

Gongtang is a township in Damxung County in the Lhasa Prefecture of Tibet, China.

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Gyaidar

Gyaidar is a town and township in Damxung County in the Lhasa Prefecture of Tibet, China.

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Horru

Horru is a village in Damxung County in the Lhasa Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

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KOSMA

The Kölner Observatorium für SubMillimeter Astronomie (KOSMA) was a 3-m radio telescope for submillimeter astronomy located at 3,135 m on Gornergrat near Zermatt (Switzerland).

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Lha-bzang Khan

Lha-bzang Khan (Mongolian: Lazang Haan; alternatively, Lhazang or Lapsangn or Lajang; d.1717) was the ruler of the Khoshut (also spelled Qoshot, Qośot, or Qosot) tribe of the Oirats.

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Lhasa (prefecture-level city)

Lhasa is a prefecture-level city, formerly a prefecture until 7 January 1960, one of the main administrative divisions of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

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Lhasa Gonggar Airport

Lhasa Gonggar Airport (ལྷ་ས་གོང་དཀར་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང་) is the airport serving Lhasa, the capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

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Lhasa River

The Lhasa River, also called Kyi River, is a northern tributary of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in the south of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

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List of administrative divisions of the Tibet Autonomous Region

Tibet Autonomous Region, an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, has three administrative divisional levels – prefectural, county, and township – as enumerated in the infobox on the right.

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List of counties in the People's Republic of China

This is a list of all counties (including Autonomous counties, Autonomous banners, and Banners) along with County-level cities and City districts.

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List of earthquakes in China

This is a list of earthquakes in China.

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List of highest cities in the world

This is an incomplete list of the most geologically elevated settlements in the world.

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List of postal codes in China

Postal codes in the People's Republic of China are postal codes used by China Post for the delivery of letters and goods within mainland China.

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List of towns in Tibet by elevation

The Tibetan Plateau is a plateau region in southern Central Asia.

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List of township-level divisions of the Tibet Autonomous Region

This is a list of township-level divisions of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), People's Republic of China (PRC).

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Mount Nyenchen Tanglha

Mount Nyenchen Tanglha (officially Nyainqêntanglha Feng;; Chinese: 念青唐古拉峰, Pinyin: Niànqīng Tánggǔlā Fēng) is the highest peak of Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains, which together with the Gangdise range forms the Transhimalaya.

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Namco, Tibet

Namco is a town and township in Damxung County in the Lhasa Prefecture of Tibet.

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Namtso

Namtso or Lake Nam (officially: Nam Co; Tenger nuur; “Heavenly Lake”; in European literature: Tengri Nor) is a mountain lake on the border between Damxung County of Lhasa prefecture-level city and Baingoin County of Nagqu Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, approximately NNW of Lhasa.

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Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains

The Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains (official Chinese spelling: Nyainqêntanglha Mountains) are a long mountain range, and subrange of the Transhimalaya System, located in the Tibet region and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

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Nyingzhong Township

Nyingzhong Township, or Ningzhong Township (???) is a township of Damxung County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China located southwest of the county seat and north-northwest of Lhasa.

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Padma Choling

Padma Choling (alternatively Pema Thinley, Pelma Chiley, Baima Chilin;; born October 1952) is a politician.

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Qinghai–Tibet railway

The Qinghai–Tibet railway or Qingzang railway (མཚོ་བོད་ལྕགས་ལམ།, mtsho bod lcags lam), is a high-elevation railway that connects Xining, Qinghai Province, to Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

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Reting Tsangpo

The Reting Tsangpo is a river in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

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Sakya Pandita

Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyeltsen (Tibetan: ས་སྐྱ་པནདིཏ་ཀུན་དགའ་རྒྱལ་མཚན)1182-28 November 1251) was a Tibetan spiritual leader and Buddhist scholar and the fourth of the Five Sakya Forefathers. Künga Gyeltsen is generally known simply as Sakya Pandita, a title given to him in recognition of his scholarly achievements and knowledge of Sanskrit. He is held in the tradition to have been an emanation of Manjusri, the embodiment of the wisdom of all the Buddhas. After that he also known as a great scholar in Tibet, Mongolia, China and India and was proficient in the five great sciences of Buddhist philosophy, medicine, grammar, dialectics and sacred Sanskrit literature as well as the minor sciences of rhetoric, synonymies, poetry, dancing and astrology. He is considered to be the fourth Sakya Forefather and sixth Sakya Trizin and one of the most important figures in the Sakya lineage.

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Southwest China administration division codes of the PRC (Division 5)

List of administrative division codes of the PRC in Division 5 or Southwest China.

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Tagtsepa

Tagtsepa Lhagyal Rabten (died 1720) was the regent of the Tibetan administration during the 3-year rule of the Dzungar Khanate in Tibet (1717–1720).

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Tibetan festivals

In Tibet, the Tibetan calendar lags approximately four to six weeks behind the solar calendar.

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Wumatang

Wumatang (དབུ་མ་ཐང།) is a small town and township-level division in Damxung County in the Lhasa Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

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Yak racing

Yak racing is a spectator sport held at many traditional festivals of Tibet, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Mongolia, and can be one of the most entertaining parts of a Tibetan horse festival, in gatherings which integrate popular dances and songs with traditional physical games.

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Yangbajain

Yangbajain (also spelled Yangbajing) is a town approximately north-west of Lhasa, halfway to Damxung in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

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Yangbajain Geothermal Field

The Yangbajain Geothermal Field (羊八井地热田) is a geothermal field near the town of Yangbajain in Damxung County, Tibet, China.

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1952 Damxung earthquake

The 1952 Damxung earthquake was a 7.5 Mw earthquake that struck Tibet in the early morning hours of August 18, 1952.

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2008 Damxung earthquake

The 2008 Damxung earthquake hit Damxung County, Xizang (Tibet), west of Lhasa, in the People's Republic of China around 16:30 China Standard Time on October 6.

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Damshung, Damxung, Damxung county, Dangxiong, Dangxiong County.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damxung_County

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