Cogo Township

Cogo or Cuoguo (Chinese: 措果; pinyin: Cuòguǒ) is a township in Dingri County, Xigazê, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Its name is also transliterated as 崔科 (Cuīkē).

The township's name means "lakefront" due to Cogo Village's location on the north side of a tectonic lake.

It has an elevation of 4188 meters.

As of 2000, the township contained seven villages: Xuezhu (雪珠村), Jiweng (吉翁村), Meiduo (美朵村), Jiding (吉定村), Gareguoji (嘎热果吉村), Tangren (唐仁村), and Yejiang (野江村). The township seat is at Xuezhu.

In 2000 the township had a population of 3258 people in 627 households. It had an elementary school and a rural hospital.

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