Amdo County (Tibetan: ཨ་མདོ་རྫོང་; Chinese: 安多县) is a county within Nagqu of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The county covers an area of 43,410.85 square kilometres and is dominated by mainly by Tibetan grassland. In 2000 it had a population of 32,843 .[1]
Amdo County
安多县 • ཨ་མདོ་རྫོང་། | |
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![]() Location of Amdo County within Tibet Autonomous Region | |
![]() ![]() Amdo County Location of the seat in Tibet Autonomous Region | |
Coordinates: 32°15′50″N 91°40′50″E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Autonomous region | Tibet |
Prefecture-level city | Nagqu |
Seat | Pagnag |
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• Total | 43,410.85 km2 (16,761.02 sq mi) |
Population (2000) | |
• Total | 32,843 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
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Simplified Chinese | 安多县 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 安多縣 | ||||||||||
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Tibetan | ཨ་མདོ་རྫོང་། | ||||||||||
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Its capital is Amdo Town, north of Lhasa. It contains the Amdo railway station on the new railway from Golmud to Lhasa. There is a major rail depot 3 km (1.9 mi) west of the town. Cona Lake lies to the southwest of the town of Amdo.
Although being administered by Amdo County, Yanshiping, Gangnyi, Marchu, Sewu, Marrong and Töma are partially or entirely located within the borders of Qinghai province.
Anduo railway station offers a train operated once every 2 days to Lhasa, Lanzhou and Xining respectively. National highway G109 also passes downtown Anduo county.
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** Southern portions of these counties are claimed by the People's Republic of China as part of the South Tibet area, but are administered by India. |
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