Official Name: | Cuoma |
Translit Lang1 Type: | Tibetan |
Translit Lang1 Type2: | pronunciation in IPA |
Translit Lang1 Type4: | THDL |
Translit Lang1 Type5: | other transcriptions |
Translit Lang2 Type: | Traditional |
Translit Lang2 Info6: | --> |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Pushpin Map: | China Tibet |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Tibet |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | China |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Tibet |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
Subdivision Name2: | Nagqu Prefecture |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Amdo County |
Area Total Km2: | 5098 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Total: | 3100 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Major Nationalities |
Population Blank1: | Tibetan |
Population Blank2 Title: | Regional dialect |
Population Blank2: | Tibetan language |
Timezone: | +8 |
Coordinates: | 32.1283°N 91.4769°W |
Cuoma, or Cuomaxiang is a village and township-level division of Amdo County in the Nagqu Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region, in China. It is located roughly southwest of Amdo Town near the northern bank of Cona Lake.[1] It covers an area of and as of 2004 had a population of about 3,100.[2] Cuoma township of Amdo County has existed since 1960 and was further expanded in 1987,[2] but Cuoma has also been listed under the jurisdiction of Seqing Township of Nyainrong County.[3] The principal economic activity is animal husbandry, pastoral yak, goat, sheep, and so on.[2]