Zamtang County
The circle Zamtang ( Dzamthang ) (Tib. ' dzam thang; Chinese壤 塘 县; pinyin: Rǎngtáng Xiàn ) is located in the administrative territory of the Autonomous Prefecture of Tibetan and Qiang Ngawa in the north of China's Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China. It has an area of 6,836 square kilometers and has about 30,000 inhabitants ( 2004). Its main town is the large village Zamkog (壤 柯 镇).
Administrative Divisions
At the community level, the circle from a large village and eleven municipalities sets together. These are:
- Greater community Rangke ( Zamkog )壤 柯 镇
- Community Puxi蒲 西乡
- Community Zongke宗 科 乡
- Community Shili石 里 乡
- Community Wuyi吾 伊 乡
- Community Gangmuda岗 木 达 乡
- Duke community Shang上 杜柯 乡
- Community Rongmuda茸 木 达 乡
- Community Nanmuda南 木 达 乡
- Community Gaduo尕 多 乡
- Community Zhongrangtang中 壤 塘乡
- Community Shangrangtang上 壤 塘乡
Ethnic structure of the population ( 2000)
At the census in 2000 had 33,550 inhabitants Zamtang.
Religion
The circle Zamtang is the most important refuge of Jonangpa, a Tibetan Buddhist Order, which is extinct in other parts of Tibet (except those adjacent in Amdo to Zamtang areas).
Monuments
Stand and the nine-storey houses Diaofang - conditioning Risimanba diaofang (日 斯 满 巴 碉 房); Bangtuo The Monastery ( Bangtuo si棒 托 寺), the Cuo'erji monastery ( gompa tibet Chojey Cuo'erji si措 尔 机 寺). since 2001 and 2006 respectively on the list of monuments of the people's Republic of China.