Qudang Township, Dingri County, Xigaze City, Tibet Autonomous Region

Qudang Township

Qudang Township, Dingri County, Xigaze City, Tibet, China is a township under the jurisdiction of Dingri county. Qudang township was built in 1961, located in the west of the county government, 123 kilometers away from the county government. Qudang township is surrounded by mountains, including Mt. Qomolangma (the east slope), Mt. Luozi, etc. Qudang Township and zhaxizong township are the main areas of Mt. Qomolangma Nature Reserve

Core area

Because: the north of Mt. Everest is in China, the east slope belongs to Qudang Township, and the west slope belongs to zhaxizong township.

This is the main area of climbing Mt. Everest. There is the base camp of Mt. Everest. Qudang township is in the lower reaches of pengqu. In the southwest is gamagou, and in the south is chentanggou.

Overview of Township Administration

Qudang township has a land area of 2511.49 square kilometers and a population of 6801 (2017). It has jurisdiction over 14 village committees including kadapu, lunzhulin, Yaqu, Muyun, youpa, Youluo, Qudang, renqinglin, zhaxigang, qiongda, paren, Paxin, zacha and tamuche.

Dingri county is located in the southwest border of China, at the foot of Mount Qomolangma in the middle of the Himalayas, adjacent to Dingjie and Sakya counties in the East, Nyalam County in the west, ANGREN County in the north, Razi County in the northeast, and the kingdom of Nepal in the south. Longitude and latitude span between 86.2-87.7 ° E and 27.8-29.1 ° n, with an average altitude of 4300 meters and an average altitude of 5000 meters. The total area is 14000 square kilometers, about 96 kilometers long from east to west, 108 kilometers wide from north to south, 244 kilometers away from Shigatse, 187 kilometers long from the border line, and 318 national roads running through the county.

Mountains in the territory

Qudang township is surrounded by mountains, belonging to the Himalayan mountain system, with undulating mountains and towering snow peaks. There are four peaks more than 8000 meters in the county, namely: Mt. Everest, Mt. Luozi, Mt. zhuoyou (qiaouya) and Mt. Makalu. Among them: Mt. Qomolangma, located at the junction of Qudang Township and the kingdom of Nepal, is the highest peak in the world, with an altitude of 8848.86 meters, ranking first among all mountains. It stands on the top of the earth and looks down on the mountains. There are also many mountains, such as jiacuola mountain and JIAWULA mountain. These abrupt mountains and high mountains constitute the most magnificent natural landscape and are ideal places for tourism, exploration and scientific investigation.

Economic situation

Qudang township is mainly agricultural, planting highland barley, peas, wheat and so on. The cultivated land is mainly distributed in pengqu River Valley, which is formed by alluvial development, with less gravel and a large area of flat land. The terrain is relatively flat, ranging from 2 ° to 6 °. Slope, easy to cultivate and irrigate, basically can meet the requirements of irrigation and income. The cultivated land in the mountains on both sides and the valley of the tributary of pengqu river is mainly irrigated land distributed on the alluvial plain, flood slope, inclined plain and low hillside, and some of them are dry land. The terrain is slightly higher and the slope is about 15 degrees. There are also many gravels, which affect the cultivation and irrigation to a certain extent. In addition to the humid climate, the agricultural land on the south slope of the Himalayas with abundant rainfall can basically guarantee the water use of crops by relying on natural precipitation, so the yield is also high.

tourist guide

In the early 1990s, with the increase of Tibet's reform and opening up, more and more tourists came to Mount Qomolangma. With the establishment of the National Nature Reserve of Mount Qomolangma, tourism here developed rapidly.

East slope of Mount Qomolangma: Qudang Township and zhaxizong township are the main areas of Mount Qomolangma Nature Reserve

Core area

(the reserve extends to Chentang town in the East and rongha Township, Zhangmu town and Jilong town in the West), because the northern part of Mt. Everest is in China, the eastern slope belongs to Qudang Township, and the western slope belongs to zhaxizong township.

Everest base camp: This is the main area of climbing Everest, there is Everest base camp.

Main body of gamagou: gamagou is mainly located in Qudang Township, and its bottom is in Chentang town.

Upper part of chentanggou: chentanggou starts from the lower reaches of pengqu in Qudang Township and enters Chentang Town, with its main body in Chentang town.

Therefore, gamagou and chentanggou actually span Qudang Township and Chentang town.