Shuanghu County
Template:Main otherScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Main other Script error: No such module "infobox". Shuanghu County (Template:Lang-zh), also transliterated from Tibetan as Tsonyi County[1][2][3] or Co Nyi County[4][5] (Tibetan: Template:Bo-textonlyTemplate:Main other), is a county under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Nagqu, in the northernmost part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It was formed in 2012, combining the territory of the former Shuanghu Special District (Template:Lang-zh, Tibetan: Template:Bo-textonlyTemplate:Main other) with the eastern half of Nyima County. Much of the county is within the Changtang area. Shuanghu is the highest county of China with an average elevation of more than Template:Convert, while its county seat is located at Template:Convert.[6]
Both Tibetan and Chinese name translates to "twin lake" or "two lakes", the two lakes referred to as Khangro Lake (khang ro tshwa kha) and Rêjo Lake (re co tshwa kha) respectively. Shuanghu is very sparsely populated (averaging around 0.12 people per square kilometre, but concentrated in the southern portion of the county). The vast majority of its population practices nomadic pastoralism (mostly goats and sheep).[7] The climate is very rough, cold and dry. There is a weather station in Shuanghu, established in 1999,[8] which on average measures negative temperatures (Celsius scale) throughout the year. The highest temperature on record is +2.3 °C (July 2000), the lowest −62.4 °C (January 2006).
History
In the 1970s, population growth in Xainza and Baingoin counties led to overgrazing and frequent conflicts. Xainza County launched surveys into the uninhabited Changtang region in the north of the county from 1971 to 1975, and identified several areas suitable for grazing. In 1976, 2,053 Xainza nomads reached Shuanghu after a month-long trek, together with their 160,000 cattle, goats and sheep. Shuanghu County was established in 2012.[9][10]
In 2019, the Tibet Autonomous Region relocated inhabitants from 3 townships in northern Shuanghu to Gonggar County in an effort to address the extreme living conditions and altitude-related diseases in Shuanghu. In 2022, the relocation was extended to 4 more townships in the southern part of the county.[11]
Administrative divisions
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Gallery
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Location of Shuanghu Special District (outdated map, situation before 2012)
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Map including northern Shuanghu and surrounding region (DMA, 1975)
See also
References
External links
- World's highest county established in Tibet, China.org.cn, July 26, 2013.
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- ↑ Daniel J. Miller, Nomads of the Tibetan Plateau Rangelands in Western China Part Two: Pastoral Production Practices, Rangelands 21(1) (1999) p. 18.
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