Duoma

Duoma
རྡོ་དམར་
Township
Duoma

Location within Tibet

Coordinates: 32°22′59″N 89°8′38″E / 32.38306°N 89.14389°E / 32.38306; 89.14389Coordinates: 32°22′59″N 89°8′38″E / 32.38306°N 89.14389°E / 32.38306; 89.14389
Country China
Region Tibet
Prefecture Nagqu Prefecture
County Shuanghu County
Population (2004)
 • Total 1,488
 • Major Nationalities Tibetan
 • Regional dialect Tibetan language
Time zone +8

Duoma, Domar, or Duomaxiang (Tibetan: རྡོ་དམར་, Chinese: 多玛乡) is a village and township-level division of Shuanghu County in the Nagqu Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region, in China. It is located roughly 140 kilometres (87 mi) west of Amdo Town and roughly 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Siling Co, near the western bank of a lake at the foot of the Tanggula Mountains.[1] As of 2004 it had a population of 1,488 people.

The principal economic activity is animal husbandry, with pastoral yak, goat and sheep. The township is very rich in fish and mineral resources, and as many as 30 kinds of mineral which are found there, including coal, iron, chromium, iron, copper, zinc, antimony, molybdenum, gold dust, rock gold, borax, platinum, silver, rock crystal, jade, mica, salt, oil, etc.

Administrative divisions

The township-level division contains the following villages:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Maps (Map). Google Maps.
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