Amdo County

Amdo County (Tibetan: ཨ་མདོ་རྫོང་; Chinese: 安多县) is a county within Nagqu of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The county covers an area of 43,410.85 square kilometres and is dominated by mainly by Tibetan grassland. In 2000 it had a population of 32,843 .

Amdo County
安多县ཨ་མདོ་རྫོང་།
Location of Amdo County within Tibet Autonomous Region
Amdo County
Location of the seat in Tibet Autonomous Region
Amdo County
Amdo County (China)
Coordinates: 32°15′50″N 91°40′50″E
CountryChina
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityNagqu
County seatPagnag
Area
  Total43,410.85 km2 (16,761.02 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total39,683
  Density0.91/km2 (2.4/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.xzad.gov.cn
Amdo County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese安多县
Traditional Chinese安多縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanཨ་མདོ་རྫོང་།

Its capital is Amdo Town, north of Lhasa. It contains the Amdo railway station on the new railway from Golmud to Lhasa. There is a major rail depot 3 km (1.9 mi) west of the town. Cona Lake lies to the southwest of the town of Amdo.

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