Tongren, Qinghai
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The city has an area of 3465 square kilometers and a population of ~80,000 (2002), 75% Tibetan. The economy of the city includes agriculture and aluminium mining.
Administrative divisions
Tongren is made up of 3 towns and 8 townships:
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| Longwu Town (Rongwo Town) |
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| Bao'an Town (Tokya Town) |
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| Townships | ||||||
| Lancai Township (Loinqê Township) |
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| Shuangpengxi Township (Xo'ongjê Township) |
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| Zainmo Township (Zhamao Township) |
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| Hornag Township (Huangnaihai Township) |
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| Qokog Township (Qukuhu Township) |
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| Nyaintog Township (Nianduhu Township) |
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| Garzê Township (Guashize Township) |
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| Gyaiwo Township (Jiawu Township) |
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Demographics and languages
The Amdo Tibetan is the lingua franca of Tongren and the surrounding region, which is populated by Tibetan and Hui people, as well as some Han Chinese and Mongols.[2]
The Wutun language, a Chinese-Bonan-Tibetan mixed language, is spoken by some 2,000 people in the two villages of Upper and Lower Wutun, located on the eastern bank of the Rongwo River.[2]
Culture
The city has a number of Tibetan Buddhist temples and gompas, including the large and significant Rongwo Monastery of the Gelug school. It is known as a center of thangka painting. Regong arts were named on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists in 2009.
In October 2010 there were reports of large demonstrations in Tongren by Tibetan students who reportedly shouted the slogans, “equality of ethnic groups” and “freedom of language."[3]
Climate
Tongren has a highland humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb). Script error: No such module "weather box".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
See also
References
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- ↑ "China Adds to Security Forces in Tibet Amid Calls for a Boycott" article by Edward Wong in The New York Times Feb. 18, 2009, accessed October 21, 2010
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- ↑ "China: Tibetan Students March To Protest Education Policies" article by Edward Wong in The New York Times October 21, 2010, accessed October 21, 2010
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External links
- A Century in Rebkong, Amdo, an Amdo primer
- Video about Tongren - the city of Tongren and its most important monasteries with famous Buddhist art schools for Thangka painting
- Travel Videos from mickspatz at www.spatz-darmstadt.de - travel videos about Buddhist Monasteries and Tibetan Art of the Tongren-Rebkong valley and Xiahe
- Videos about a great festival in Tongren-Rebkong, July 2006 By Italian writer Mario Biondi, in Italian
- Photographs of Tongren/Repkong Shaman Festival
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