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Damxung
当雄县འདམ་གཞུང་རྫོང་།
County
Namtso
Namtso
Location of Damxung County (red) within Lhasa City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region
Location of Damxung County (red) within Lhasa City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region
Damxung is located in Tibet
Damxung
Damxung
Location in Tibet
Damxung is located in China
Damxung
Damxung
Damxung (China)
Coordinates: 30°28′23″N 91°06′04″E / 30.473°N 91.101°E / 30.473; 91.101
CountryChina
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityLhasa
County seatDamquka
Area
 • Total10,036 km2 (3,875 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total47,900
 • Density4.8/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.dangxiong.gov.cn
Damxung County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese当雄县
Traditional Chinese當雄縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanའདམ་གཞུང་རྫོང་།
Sketch map showing rivers. Many of the Lhasa River tributaries rise in Damxung.

Damxung is a county of Lhasa City, lying to the north of its main center of Chengguan, in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Its administrative seat is Damquka. The terrain is rugged, including the western Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains, with their highest peak rising to 7,111 metres (23,330 ft). As of 2013 the population was 40,000, with most of the people engaged in animal husbandry.

  1. ^ "关于发布拉萨市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Government of Lhasa. 2021-06-10.

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