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Damxung (Tibetan: འདམ་གཞུང་རྫོང་Wylie: 'Dam-gzhung rdzong; simplified Chinese: 当雄县; pinyin: Dāngxióng Xiàn) is a county far north of the main centre of Lhasa, Tibet. Its seat is in the small modern town of Damxung. Damxung means "selected pasture" in Tibetan language. [edit] GeographyDamxung County is located in the middle of the Tibet Autonomous Region and by the side of the Lhamo Namco Holy Lake.It covers an area of 10036 square kilometres with a population of 38,000. Damxung County is at the area of Gangdise Mountains and Nyainqentanglha Mountain. The Nyainqentanglha Mountain crosses through the whole county. The biggest lake in Tibet - Lhamo Namco Holy Lake is in Damxung County. The lake covers an area of 1920 square kilometres. It's a famous tourism attraction of Tibet. [edit] EconomyThe main mine resources are sulfur, kaolin, pozzolana, plaster and turf, etc. Animal husbandry is booming in the area. The herdsmen raise yaks, sheep, goats and horses. Qinghai-Tibet Road goes through the whole county and Damxung railway station links the city from the north to Lhasa. The mileage opened to traffic has reached 1625 kilometres. [edit] See also
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