Domar (Shuanghu) Explained

Official Name:Domar
Other Name:Duoma
Native Name:རྡོ་དམར་
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:Shuanghu County
Population As Of:2004
Population Total:1488
Population Blank1 Title:Major Nationalities
Population Blank1:Tibetan
Population Blank2 Title:Regional dialect
Population Blank2:Tibetan language
Timezone:+8
Coordinates:32.3831°N 89.1439°W
Elevation M:4695
Elevation Ft:15403

Domar, Duoma or Duomaxiang is a village and township-level division of Shuanghu County in the Nagqu Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region, in China. It is located roughly west of Amdo Town and roughly north of Siling Co, near the western bank of a lake at the foot of the Tanggula Mountains.[1] As of 2004 it had a population of 1,488 people.

The principal economic activity is animal husbandry, with pastoral yak, goat and sheep. The township is very rich in fish and mineral resources, and as many as 30 kinds of mineral which are found there, including coal, iron, chromium, iron, copper, zinc, antimony, molybdenum, gold dust, rock gold, borax, platinum, silver, rock crystal, jade, mica, salt, oil, etc.

Administrative divisions

The township-level division contains the following villages:

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Notes and References

  1. Maps. Google Maps.