Amdo County

Amdo (: a mdo rdzong, Tibetan: ཨ་མདོ་རྫོང ) is a county of the district of Nagqu in Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China.

In Amdo, there is now a station of the new railway from Golmud to Lhasa.

Administrative Divisions

At the community level, the circuit is composed of four large municipalities and nine municipalities. These are (official spelling / Chinese):

  • Greater community Pagnag帕 那 镇
  • Greater community Zaring扎 仁 镇
  • Greater community Yanshiping雁 石 坪镇
  • Greater community Qangma强 玛 镇
  • Community Maqu玛曲 乡
  • Community Comar措 玛 乡
  • Community Bangmêr帮 爱 乡
  • Community Tandü滩 堆 乡
  • Community Zhaqu扎曲 乡
  • Community Gangnyi岗 尼 乡
  • Community Sewu色 务 乡
  • Community Domar多 玛 乡
  • Community Marrong玛 荣 乡

Area, population and climate

Amdo has an area of ​​43,410.85 km ². In 1990 had Amdo 27,744 inhabitants, of whom 27,494 were Tibetans ( 99.1%) and 238 Han Chinese (0.9%); 2000, the population had grown to 32 843 inhabitants.

The average temperature in July is 5.7 °, -17.3 ° in January. However, There are only about 150 mm of precipitation.

Ethnic structure of the population Amdos (2000)

At the census in the year 2000 32.843 inhabitants were counted in Amdo.

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