Shuanghu County (Chinese: 双湖县), also transliterated from Tibetan as Co Nyi County[3][4] (Co'nyi; Tibetan: མཚོ་གཉིས་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 错尼县; lit. 'twin lake county'), is a county under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Nagqu, in the northernmost part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. It was formed in 2012, combining the territory of the former Shuanghu Special District (Chinese: 双湖特别区) with the eastern half of Nyima County. Much of the county is within the Changtang area.

Shuanghu County 双湖县 • མཚོ་གཉིས་རྫོང་།
County
Location of Shuanghu Special District (outdated map, situation before 2012)
Shuanghu Location of the seat in the Tibet Autonomous Region
Coordinates: 33°11′32″N 88°50′10″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Autonomous region	Tibet
Prefecture-level city	Nagqu
Area
• Total	116,700 km2 (45,100 sq mi)
Elevation [1]	4,960 m (16,270 ft)
Population  (2014)
• Total	13,470 [2]
• Density	0.12/km2 (0.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Introduction

Shuanghu (Tibetan Tshonyi; mtsho gnyis) translates to "two lakes". Shuanghu County is at very high elevation, mostly above 5,000 meters above sea level, and very sparsely populated (averaging around 0.12 people per square kilometre, but concentrated in the southern portion of the county). The vast majority of its population practices nomadic pastoralism (mostly goats and sheep).[5] The climate is very rough, cold and dry. There is a weather station in Shuanghu, established in 1999,[6] which on average measures negative temperatures (Celsius scale) throughout the year. The highest temperature on record is +2.3 °C (July 2000), the lowest −62.4 °C (January 2006).

Administrative divisions

The county comprises seven town-level divisions: the administrative center at Cuozheluomazhen (Cozhêlhoma, Soggarluma) 措折罗玛镇 (31.902°N 87.887°E / 31.902; 87.887), and the six townships Xibdê 协德乡, Yagqu 雅曲乡, Garco 嘎措乡 Cozhêdangma 措折强玛乡, Domar 多玛乡, Parling 巴岭乡.

See also

• Changtang
• Kunlun Mountains
• Dagze Lake
• Lake Urru
• Purog Kangri Glacier
• Puruogangri

References

External links

• World's highest county established in Tibet, China.org.cn, July 26, 2013.

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