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|name=Dangquka, 当曲卡
|other_name=Damxung
|native_name = འདམ་ཆུ་ཁ།
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|subdivision_name2=[[Lhasa (prefecture-level city)|Lhasa]]
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'''Dangquka''', or '''Damquka''' ({{zh|s=当曲卡 |t=當曲卡 |p=Dāngqǔkǎ}}; {{langx|bo|འདམ་ཆུ་ཁ།}}) is a small modern [[Tibet]]an town of low-barrack like buildings and is the administrative centre of [[Damxung County]], roughly two and a half hours by road northeast of [[Lhasa]], the capital of the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]]. The main road in and out of the town is [[China National Highway 109]]. {{asof|2011}}, it has 2 residential communities ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|社区}}) under its administration.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/54/01/22/540122100.html
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219215920/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/54/01/22/540122100.html
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-date=February 19, 2013
 |script-title=zh:2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：当曲卡 
 |publisher=National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China 
 |language=zh 
 |access-date=2013-01-19 
}}</ref>

==Economy==
Unlike many of the quaint old Tibetan settlements in the more southern farming areas of Tibet this town is modern, built up during the 1960s by the [[Han Chinese|Chinese]]. Damxung is an important spot in the region for government functions and general supplies. It has a large warehouse set back from the main street where basic necessities and warm clothes can be bought for trekking through the mountains. Its nearest towns are [[Yangpachen]] to the south and [[Nagchu Town|Nagqu]] to the north.

A major Tibetan [[festival]] called [[Dajyur]] takes place at Damxung at the beginning of the eighth month of the [[lunar calendar]] (solar September) for ten days of festivity attracting nomads to compete in [[horse racing]] and [[yak racing]] events, bicycle riding contests, rock-carrying competitions and other forms of merriment.

From Dangquka a highway starts to the [[sacred lake]] of [[Namtso]], 60&nbsp;km away.
<blockquote> 
"On March 25 [2005], the city published a government decree outlawing production, sale and use of non-[[biodegradable plastic]] food containers and [[Plastic bag|bags]], replacing them with [[biodegradable]] materials such as paper. This took effect on May 1."<ref>{{Cite news
| title = Tibet tries its best to stay a clean land
| work = Asia Africa Intelligence Wire
| access-date = 2012-04-07
| date = 2005-09-14
| url = http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-136193670/tibet-tries-its-best.html
}}</ref> </blockquote>

==See also==
* [[Damxung County]]
* [[Dangxiong railway station]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Township-level divisions of Lhasa}}
{{Lhasa Prefecture}}

[[Category:Populated places in Lhasa (prefecture-level city)]]
[[Category:Damxung County]]


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