Damxung

English

Etymology

From Tibetan འདམ་གཞུང ('dam gzhung).

Proper noun

Damxung

  1. A county of Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region, China.
    • 1997, Elizabeth B. Booz, “Lhasa”, in Odyssey Illustrated Guide to Tibet‎[1], 2nd edition, Hong Kong: Local Colour Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 128:
      The weather is subject to abrupt, unpredictable changes, and it is not uncommon to encounter a snowstorm on the pass between Damxung and Lake Namtso even in midsummer. Bring food and soft drinks from Lhasa. Beer is available in Damxung.
      The road from Lhasa to Damxung follows Tibet's main route to Golmud and Qinghai for 167 kilometres (104 miles).
    • [2015 Summer, Kelly A. Hopping, “Cascading Effects of Changing Climate and Land Use on Alpine Ecosystems and Pastoral Livelihoods in Central Tibet”, in Colorado State University‎[2] (Dissertation), archived from the original on 23 June 2024:
      I conducted this research in one natural village (the smallest administrative settlement unit in Tibet) in Damzhung County in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.]

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