Donggar Subdistrict Explained

Donggar
Official Name:Tibetan: གདོང་དཀར་
Settlement Type:Subdistrict
Translit Lang1:Tibetan
Translit Lang1 Type:Tibetan
Translit Lang1 Info:Tibetan: གདོང་དཀར་
Translit Lang1 Type1:Wylie transliteration
Translit Lang2:Chinese
Translit Lang2 Type:Traditional
Translit Lang2 Type1:Simplified
Translit Lang2 Info1:东嘎街道
Translit Lang2 Type2:Pinyin
Pushpin Map:China Tibet
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Tibet Autonomous Region
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture
Subdivision Name2:Lhasa Prefecture
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Doilungdêqên District
Area Total Km2:85
Population Total:9359
Population Metro:4000
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:+8
Coordinates:29.6495°N 90.994°W

Donggar (;) is a subdistrict in Doilungdêqên District in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, northwest of Lhasa. It lies at an altitude of 3,828 metres (12,562 feet). The subdistrict has a population of about 4,000 people with 9,359 people in the township.

It lies approximately 17.8 miles south of Dobjoi and is near Cha'gyungoinba.

In 1962 Donggar became an administrative township, covering an area of 85 square kilometers. Donggar Township has three village committees and 17 villages. The economy is dominated by agriculture, animal husbandry with an area of 8,636 mu of cultivated land, including barley, wheat, rapeseed and vegetables. Livestock breeding includes yaks, sheep, goats, etc. China National Highway 318 runs through this territory.

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