Cuomei County, Shannan City, Tibet Autonomous Region

Cuomei county is a county under the jurisdiction of Shannan City, Tibet Autonomous Region of the people's Republic of China. It is located in the southwest of Shannan City, the south of Tibet Autonomous Region and the north foot of Himalayas. It is located between 90 ° 56 ′～ 92 ° 00 ′ E and 28 ° 11 ′～ 28 ° 57 ′ n. The county borders Longzi County in the East, Langjia County in the west, luoza county and Cuona County in the south, qiongjie county and NAIDONG COUNTY in the north. The county governs two townships and two towns, 300 kilometers away from Lhasa city and 130 kilometers away from Shannan city. It has a total area of 4549 square kilometers and a total population of 14000 (as of the end of 2014). The county people's government is stationed in cuomei town.

At the end of 2014, the GDP of cuomei county was 251.32 million yuan.

Gudui Township in cuomei county is the birthplace of Tibetan mastiff, which is known as "the hometown of Tibetan mastiff".

"Zhaza Costume" in cuomei county was rated as the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage by the State Council. On February 6, 2019, the people's Government of Tibet Autonomous Region decided to withdraw cuomei county from poverty-stricken county.

Evolution of organizational system

Before liberation

During the Tubo Period (618-842 AD), cuomei was under the jurisdiction of Yueru. In the 13th century, in the Yuan Dynasty, it was the territory of ten thousand households in Yasang. In the 14th year of Zhizheng reign of Yuan Dynasty (A.D. 1354), the local government of Pazhu established the jiazizheguzong (later zheguzong, cuomei county) in cuomei, and the DAMA formation (equivalent to the administrative unit at the county level). During the reign of gaxia government, the administrative division of zheguzong was still retained, which was under the jurisdiction of Luoka (Shannan) Jiqiao. The jurisdiction of Zhegu sect includes Zhegu, dangxu and Shira; the jurisdiction of Dama sect includes Boga, Naixi, Juba, Lumei, dangba and xiazang. note: source of Atlas of cuomei County

After liberation

From August 1952 to June 1956, zheguzong and damazong were under the jurisdiction of the Jiangzi sub working committee. On July 1, 1956, when Shannan sub working committee was formally established, zheguzong and damazong were under the jurisdiction of Shannan sub working committee. On April 12, 1959, the 155 regiment of a Chinese people's Liberation Army entered Zhegu, and Zhegu was officially liberated. On June 12, 1959, zheguzong and damazong merged to form the temporary County Committee of Zhegu County, which was subordinate to Shannan sub working committee. In July 1959, Zhegu county Party committee and people's government were formally established. The county is divided into three districts and 15 townships, including 4 pastoral townships and 11 agricultural townships. In 1960, Shannan special area was set up, which divided kazhu Township from NAIDONG COUNTY into Zhegu district (namely Zhegu scenic area, cuomei county). Zhegu county belongs to Shannan District. On December 25, 1961, four townships, namely dangba, Dama, zangda and chin, were set up from Naixi district to form dangba District Committee. On November 2, 1965, Zhegu county changed its name to cuomei county. The people's Government of the county was stationed in dangxu. The area of cuomei county is still in use today. In 1987, the administrative divisions of the county were adjusted to 12 townships and 46 village committees, including dangxu Township, xiazang Township, Xuela Township, Boga Township, Naixi Township, dangba Township, Lumei Township, Juba Township, Zhegu Township, gudui Township, zhaza Township and kazhu township. in 1988, the whole county withdrew districts and merged townships. Zongzong township was divided into Zhegu Township, Jinzhu and Yumei Township into dangxu Township, deqiong Township into Naixi Township, Dama Township into Lumei Township, and chin and zangda Township merged into xiazang township. At the end of the same year, after the county completed the work of withdrawing districts and merging townships, there were 12 townships in the county. In 1997, it covers an area of 4524 square kilometers and has a population of 12300. The county government is stationed in dangxu township. It governs 12 townships: dangxue Township, xiazang Township, Xuela Township, Boga Township, Naixi Township, dangba Township, Lumei Township, Juba Township, Chigu Township, kudui Township, zhaza Township and kazhu township. In 1999, 12 townships in the county were merged into two towns and two townships; Zhegu Township, kazhu Township and zazha Township were merged into Zhegu township; dangxu Township, Xuela Township, Yumei Township and Boga Township were merged into cuomei township; Naixi Township, chuba Township, Lumei Township, dangba Township and xiazang Township were merged into Naixi township; Gudui township was divided from Zhegu Township and Gudui township was established separately. In 2000, cuomei county had jurisdiction over 2 towns, 2 townships and 16 villages. in February 2016, Shannan city was set up, and cuomei county was under the jurisdiction of Shannan city.

The origin of county name

"CuO" means Lake in Tibetan, "Mei" means downstream in Tibetan, "cuomei" means downstream of lake. there are two versions about the origin of the place name of cuomei: one is that there is Rimi Lake in the northeast of cuomei County, and the town gets its name from the lower part of this lake; the other is that cuomei county is located in the downstream of Zhegucuo (Lake). the two views have not yet formed a unified understanding, but after years of analysis of word-of-mouth data, most people agree that it is located in the lower part of Rimi lake and named after it. Zhegucuo, Chinese characters have been translated into zheguxika, zheguzong, zheguxigou, shangguxi. In 1960, the two rivers were merged into Zhegu County, which was renamed cuomei County in 1965. cuomei means "under the lake", "downstream of the lake" and "south of the lake" in Tibetan. The lake is Zhegu lake, and cuomei county is in the lower reaches of Zhegu lake.

administrative division

By the end of 2014, cuomei county had jurisdiction over two towns (cuomei town and zhe ancient town) and two townships (Naixi Township and Gudui township). There are 16 village committees and 91 natural villages. note: the data in this table are arranged according to China Merchants Network of cities and counties

geographical environment

Cuomei county is located in the south of Tibet and the north foot of the Himalayas. It is located between 90 ° 56 ′ - 92 ° 00 ′ E and 28 ° 11 ′ - 28 ° 57 ′ n. The county is adjacent to Longzi County in the East, luoza county and Cuona County in the south, Langjia County in the west, qiongjie county and NAIDONG COUNTY in the north. It covers an area of 4549 square kilometers.

topographic features

Cuomei county belongs to the Plateau Lake Valley area of the original lake basin area of the Nanshan mountains in Tibet. It is located in the northern foot of the Himalayas, with undulating mountains and complex geological structure. There are 124 large and small mountains in the whole county, 73 high mountains with an altitude of more than 5500 meters, 9 mountains with an altitude of more than 6000 meters and covered with ice and snow all the year round, and the highest altitude (dalari peak) is 6777.4 meters. The county is high in the northeast and low in the southwest, with an average altitude of 4500 meters. The lowest elevation is 3266m, which is located at the junction of dangba village and luoza county. The relative elevation difference of the whole county is 3511m. The county is 4242 meters above sea level.

Climatic characteristics

Cuomei county belongs to the plateau temperate semi-arid monsoon climate zone. The annual sunshine hours are 2800 hours and the annual frost free period is 90 days. The annual average temperature is 8.2 ℃, the extreme minimum temperature is - 18.2 ℃, and the extreme maximum temperature is 30.0 ℃. The annual precipitation is about 300-400mm.

natural disaster

Natural disasters mainly include flood, hail, frost, snow, sand, drought, diseases and insect pests.

natural resources

water resource

There are 18 rivers, 38 lakes and 15 springs in cuomei county. The water area of the county is 133.114 square kilometers, including 2.57 square kilometers of rivers, 124.544 square kilometers of lakes and 6 square kilometers of springs. The largest lake, Zhegu lake, is about 66 square kilometers. It is an inner flow lake. Its water supply mainly depends on the melting of ice and snow, springs and precipitation. It shrinks in summer and autumn. There are four outflow rivers in the county, the largest of which is luozaxiongqu, which flows through dangxu, Naixi and dangba. The length of the county is about 90 km and originates from the Alpine glacier in the northwest of cuomei county. According to the measurement of cuomei power station, the flow in July is the largest, which is 6-8 m3 / s, and the flow in January is the smallest, which is 0.6-0.8 m3 / s.

mineral resources

The mineral resources in cuomei county mainly include placer gold, lead, silver, zinc, antimony, gold antimony, clay, sulfur, graphite, agate, coal, peat, cinnabar, etc. Copper, sulfur and crystal have been discovered, but they have not been mined.

Biological resources

Animals the wild animals listed in the national key protection in cuomei County include Tibetan wild donkey, black necked Crane, otter, musk deer, swan, Tibetan snow chicken, Tibetan gazelle, vulture, grey crane, argali, yellow goat, fox, wolf, etc. plants the main medicinal plants in cuomei county are Cordyceps sinensis, Fritillaria, scorpion, Coptis chinensis, Phellodendron amurense, Saussurea involucrata, etc. The main medicinal plants are Cordyceps, Fritillaria, golden scorpion, Coptis, phellodendron, Saussurea, etc.

energy resources

There are two hydropower stations in the county, with an installed capacity of 1980 kW and an annual power generation of 300000 kW. Cuomei county belongs to the Plateau Lake Valley area of the original lake basin area in Nanshan, Tibet, with geothermal resources.

tourist resources

Cuomei county is rich in tourism resources. The Zhegu scenic area in cuomei county is a place with high concentration of tourism resources, integrating blue sky, white clouds, grassland, snow mountains, lakes, wild animals, cattle and sheep. It can be described as a pure natural and beautiful tourist resort far away from modern pollution.

population

According to the fifth census in 2000, the total population of cuomei county is 13529, including 4893 in cuomei Town, 4685 in Zhegu Town, 2603 in Naixi Township and 1348 in Gudui township. In 2003, the population of cuomei county was 13000. in 2014, the population of cuomei county was 14000. The main ethnic groups are Tibetan and Han, of which Tibetan accounts for 96%.

Economic situation

overview

The economy of cuomei county is dominated by animal husbandry and planting. It is an animal husbandry County dominated by animal husbandry and concurrently operated by agriculture. It is one of the main animal husbandry counties in Shannan area. The grassland area of cuomei county is 6.31 million mu, and the animal husbandry is mainly raising goats, sheep, yaks, cattle, horses and donkeys. the woodland area of cuomei county is 35000 mu, mainly producing apples, pears, walnuts, etc. The cultivated land area of cuomei county is 15300 mu, and the main crops are highland barley, wheat, buckwheat, pea, rape, radish, potato, etc. The national handicraft industry in cuomei County, which is mainly run by families, mainly consists of