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.