| Zanda County | |
| Other Name: | Tsamda |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Pushpin Map: | China Tibet Ngari#Tibet#China |
| Pushpin Label: | Zanda |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in the Tibet AR |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tibet |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ngari |
| Seat Type: | County seat |
| Seat: | Tholing |
| Area Total Km2: | 24,601.59 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 8454 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| Coor Pinpoint: | Zanda County government |
| Tib: | རྩ་མདའ་རྫོང་། |
| Wylie: | rtsa mda' rdzong |
| Thdl: | tsa da dzong |
| Zwpy: | Zanda Zong |
| Order: | st |
| S: | 札达县 |
| T: | 札達縣 |
| P: | Zhádá Xiàn |
Zanda County or Tsamda County is a county in the Ngari Prefecture to the extreme west of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Its seat of power is at Tholing, the former capital of the Guge kingdom.
Zanda is said to mean “a place where there is grass downstream”,[2] an allusion to the grassy river bed of the Sutlej river that flows through the county. Ancient Zanda horse (Hipparion zandaense) skeletons have been found in Zanda County's Sutlej basin.[3]
Zanda County is bounded by India's Himachal Pradesh state to the west, Uttarakhand State to the south, Ladakh to the northwest, Gar County to the northeast and Burang County to the southeast.
Zanda county is divided into 1 town and 4 townships:
| Name | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town | ||||
| Thoding Town (Tholing) | Chinese: 托林镇 | |||
| Townships | ||||
| Dzarong Township | Chinese: 萨让乡 | |||
| Danbab Township (Daba) | Chinese: 达巴乡 | |||
| Diyag Township | Chinese: 底雅乡 | |||
| Qangzê Township | Chinese: 香孜乡 | |||
| Qusum Township | Chinese: 曲松乡 | |||
| Tsosib Sumkyil Township (Churup Sumkhel) | Chinese: 楚鲁松杰乡 | |||