Dongga Town, Lang County, Linzhi City, Tibet Autonomous Region

Dongga town

Lang County, Nyingchi City, Tibet Autonomous Region governs towns and seven administrative villages including Nie village, Damu village, gagong village, gun village, Zhuo village, zhaxitang village and Dui village. The town government is located in Nie village.

Located in the hinterland of the county, it is adjacent to Milin County in the East, Longzi County of Shannan city in the south, gongbujiangda County in the north, Jiacha County of Shannan city in the west, 32 kilometers away from Lang Town, and 210 kilometers away from Bayi Town, where Linzhi municipal government is located.

evolution

Dongga district was set up in June 1959 and changed to Dongga Township in October 1987. In 1996, it covers an area of 500 square kilometers and has a population of 10000. It governs 14 administrative villages, namely gangduo, wuzhu, Luo, Nie, Zhuo, wangre, zhaxitang, guandui, guanmai, Qie, Jiang, gagong and damdui.

The town was changed in December 1999.

[2013 code and classification of urban and rural areas] 542627102: ～ 201121 Nie village ～ 202220 Damu village ～ 203220 gagong village ～ 204220 gun village ～ 205220 Zhuo village ～ 206220 zhaxitang village ～ 207220 Dui New Village

administrative division

Lang County, Nyingchi City, Tibet Autonomous Region governs towns and seven administrative villages including Nie village, Damu village, gagong village, gun village, Zhuo village, zhaxitang village and Dui village. The town government is located in Nie village.

Town name

Dongga means "white face or conch" in Tibetan.

geographical environment

It is located in the hinterland of Lang County, Linzhi City, adjacent to Milin County in the East, Longzi County of Shannan city in the south, gongbujiangda County in the north and Jiacha County of Shannan city in the West. It is 32 kilometers away from Lang town and 210 kilometers away from Bayi Town, where Linzhi municipal government is located. The average altitude is above 3500 meters.

natural resources

The total area of the township is 1127.02 square kilometers.

It is rich in Cordyceps.

Population nationality

The majority of them are Tibetans, as well as the Luoba and Han nationalities.

The resident population was 2731 (2017).

rural economy

Rich in pepper, apple, walnut, peach, pepper and other economic crops.

The economy is dominated by half farming and half grazing, with a cultivated area of 187 hectares, mainly planting highland barley, wheat, rape, etc.

Animal husbandry to raise cattle, cattle, yaks, goats, sheep, etc.

There are wood processing plant, cement prefabrication plant, transportation, grain and oil processing, agricultural machinery repair and other industrial enterprises in the town.

In 2004, the total income of rural economy in the town was 14.5057 million yuan, and 14 administrative villages have realized telephone, radio and television. There are primary schools, ABC business office, mobile business office and telecommunication office in the town.

Infrastructure construction

S306 highway transit.

famous scenery

The main tourist attractions are Yajiang giant cypress, biangagou snow mountain tombs, dui village waterfall, etc.

Honors

In September 2019, Dongga town was rated as Tibet's "model town for road protection".

On November 20, 2020, Dongga town was selected into the list of "the sixth national civilized villages and towns".