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	Western China - china.org.cn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		From 1994 to the end of 1997, the population in poverty dropped from 480,000 to 210,000, while the number of poor counties was reduced from 22 to nine.
		In Gyangze County, for example, the government has helped 41 households move from deep mountains to a development zone along the Nyang Qu River in recent years, where their food and clothing problems have been easily solved.
		In Rinbung County, a part of the county government’s poverty relief plan is to encourage later marriage, later child-bearing and healthy reproduction.
	www.china.org.cn /e-xibu/2JI/3JI/xizang/xizang-ban.htm (4043 words)

	Species info - HTML
		In Qinghai province, the four major breeding grounds are Longbaotan Nature Reserve in Yushu county, Ngoring lake (Elinghu)/Heihe in Madoi county, Nomhon in Dulan county, and Bayan Gol (Bayinguoluohe) river in Golmud county (Li Fengshan and Bishop 1999).
		For example, in Zoigê county in Sichuan, birds select inaccessible sites such as hummocks in the middle of a marsh where the water is deep, or small islands in lakes (Li Dehao et al.
		A limited founder base may cause problems with the captive population, especially as some pairs are breeding prolifically, increasing the likelihood of inbreeding and a reduction of genetic diversity (Meine and Archibald 1996).
	www.rdb.or.id /view_html.php?id=55&op=grusnigr (11588 words)

	Damxung tour lhasa, Lhasa tour, Tour in Lhasa,
		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.
		Damxung is a bleak little settlement of low, barrack-like buildings.
		Damxung is an important spot in this region for government functions and general supplies.
	www.manang.com /tibet/introduction_lhasa/damxung.php (290 words)

	Seven days surveying in Tibet
		Another threat observed during the survey was rampant (and illegal) gold mining, with highly toxic extraction effluent (presumably cyanide) being discharged into the lake, posing a serious threat to the closed water system of Yamdrok Tso.
		The two potential IBA sites identified were Damxung (meaning "wetland" in Tibetan), which lies alongside the Qinghai-Tibetan (Golmud-Lhasa) Highway about 100 km north of Lhasa.
		Neither Damxung nor Karze is officially protected and a weathered plaque at Yamdrok Tso states that it is a nature reserve, but its status cannot be confirmed.
	www.birdlife.org /news/news/2001/10/488.html (297 words)

	Lhasa - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Administratively speaking, the City of Lhasa consists of 1 district and 7 counties.
		The seven counties are Lhünzhub, Damxung, Nyêmo, Qüxü, Doilungdêqên, Dagzê, and Maizhokunggar.
		Legend has it that the second Tibetan emperor Songtsen Gampo (Srong-brtsan-sgam-po) made Lhasa his capital.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Lhasa (457 words)

	Tibet Reports Good Harvest of Archeological Discoveries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		18th century in damxung county, some 100 km away from Lhasa, the
		Tibet and Dingri county at the foot of mount qomolangma, were
		tombs were discovered in nang county, damxung county, qonggya
	www.tibet.ca /en/wtnarchive/1994/10/25_4.html (300 words)

	China Travel News :: Tibet Tries Its Best to Stay a Clean Land
		The commissioner of Nagqu Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region was being told about difficulties in executing a government decision to shut down an alluvial gold mine in Xainza County.
		In the county of Qamdo in east Tibet, local officials cite an example to illustrate their environmental consciousness:
		As early as the 1970s, a 300,000-ton arsenic mine was discovered in the county.
	www.chinatravel.com /china-travel-guides/china-travel-news/china-travel-news-2005/china-travel-news-2005-9/tibet-tries-its-best-to-s.shtml (1148 words)

	TIBET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The 7,162 meter (23941ft) high main peak stands in Damxung County and is surrounded by more than 30 peaks being more than 6,000 meters (19680ft) high, of which four are more than 7,000 meters (22960ft) high.
		some 60 km to the northwest of Damxung County seat; it is one of the three holy lakes in Tibet and receives high respects among the local people.
		In Caqu Township in Biru County, Nagqu prefecture, the Dodoka Wall is built wit more than 1,000 human skulls with an area of 30 square meters (98ft).
	www.himalayan-network.com /tibet/nagqu.php (345 words)

	Restocking and Settling Nomads Following Severe Snowstorms
		In Nyerong County as a whole, one of the areas hit hardest, some 30 percent of the livestock died and some townships within the county lost as many as 70 percent.
		The proportion of different livestock species raised and the size of herds differs considerably across the Tibetan pastoral area according to rangeland factors and the suitability of the landscape for different animals.
		For example, Luqu County, in southwestern Gansu Province, is in close proximity to Aba and Hongyuan and rangelands are comparable, but in Luqu the government has actively encouraged nomads to raise more sheep, hence a much higher percentage of sheep than the neighboring counties.
	www.cwru.edu /affil/tibet/booksAndPapers/papers/miller4.htm (3654 words)

	About Chinese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		One Taiwanese tourist was killed on Tuesday morning in a traffic accident that occurred in the northern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China, said the Taiwan affairs office under the autonomous regional government.
		Tuesday on a highway near Damxung County, when a medium-sized passenger bus carrying a tourist group of 17 from Taiwan suddenly developed a brake disorder and hit onto a mountain slope.
		The victim was Chen Huiling, a female, who was crushed to death by the bus after she jumped out of the bus window.
	chinese.blogdrive.com /archive/cm-08_cy-2005_m-08_d-04_y-2005_o-0.html (549 words)

	Nagqu transportation: How to get to Nagqu - Tibet Travel Information
		The highway from Lhasa to Nagqu is part of the Qinghai-Lhasa highway (one of the most important high ways and also the busiest roads in Tibet), covering the distance of about 326 kilometer, passing Damxung County on the way.
		Winding to the left from the fork in the road at Damxung County, tourists will get to the holy lake of Nam-tso, which is about 60 kilometers away.
		Nagqu to Damxung (164 kilometer); to Yambajan (239 kilometer); to Lhasa (328 kilometer); to Amdo (138 kilometer); to Golmud (838 kilometer); to Pangkog(262 kilometer); to Xainza (494 kilometer); to Nyima (558 kilometer); to the Double Lake Special Administrative Zone (570 kilometer); to Wenbu or Lake Tangra Yumco (660 kilometer
	www.tibettravel.info /nagqu/nagqu-transportation.html (525 words)

	Tibet Environmental Watch - Reports - Archived
		The mineral water source in Damxung (Tibetan: Damshung) County can produce 3,000 tons of drinking water a day, according to TAR geological and minerals exploitation bureau.
		The report quoted Lu Yan, a senior engineer with the bureau as saying that areas along the Qinghai-Tibet railway are rich in lead, zinc, copper and mineral water resources.
		He also said bottling of the Damxung mineral water could generate an annual output value of one billion yuan (125 million U.S. dollars).
	www.tew.org /archived/rail.minwater2china.html (216 words)

	Tibet travel guide of Lhasa Region
		Seven counties - Chengguan, Damxung, Lhunzhub, Doilungdegen, Nyemo, Quxu, Dagze and Maizhokunggar are under the administration of Lhasa.
		Among its total population of 474,500 (by the year 2000), the Tibetan people take up 87 per cent, with the rest of the population consisted of Han, Hui and some 30 other nationalities.
		In addition, the Dezhong Hot Spring of Maizhokunggar County, the Doilung and Xungba Gyura hot springs of Doilungdegen County, the na¬ture reserves at Lhunzhub and Maizhokunggar counties are also worthy of visiting.
	www.tibettravelplanner.com /reg_lhasa.htm (1302 words)

	The Cranes
		In Heqing County (Yunnan) and at Cao Hai (Guizhou), wetlands have been converted to deep fishing ponds that cranes are unable to use (Wei et al.
		In southcentral Tibet and Bumthang in central Bhutan, roosting habitat has been lost and local crane populations have declined as a result of the channelization of rivers for irrigation and flood control, and the conversion of crane habitat to cropland and tree plantations (Bishop et al.
		Whereas plowing traditionally took place in early spring, fall plowing is now mandated in some counties to control weeds and insects and to promote the warming of soil in the spring.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/distr/birds/cranes/grusnigr.htm (4813 words)

	People's Daily Online -- 40th anniversary of the founding of Tibet Autonomous Region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Horse racing at the Onkor Festival held in Mozhugongka county of Lhasa on Aug 19, 2005.
		Tibetan girls perform dance during the Horse Racing and Art Festival on the Damxung Grassland in northern Tibet of the Tibet Autonomous Region on August 3, 2005.
		Farmers from Linzhou County, Tibet Autonomous Region on their way to attend the "Onkor Festival" celebration walk past the farmland.
	english1.people.com.cn /zhuanti/Zhuanti_459_1_1.html (728 words)

	Rich mineral water resources found along Qinghai-Tibet railway_business_English_SINA.com
		According to the regional geological and minerals exploitation bureau, the mineral water source in Damxung County can produce 3,000 tons of drinking water a day.
		The discovery is the largest of more than 100 mineral water sources that have been found along the Qinghai-Tibet railway, which is Tibet's first rail link with the rest of the country and is scheduled to go into trial operation on July 1.
		Lu said, bottling of the Damxung mineral water could generate an annual output value of one billion yuan (125 million U.S. dollars).
	english.sina.com /business/1/2006/0614/80717.html (385 words)

	TIBET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Built in 1409, the main components of the temple include a prayer hall, the hall housing the dagoba of Tsong Khapa, founder of the Gelug Sect, and a Buddhist academy.
		With a surface area of 1940 square km, 70km long and 30km wide, it is the crown jewel of the lakes of Tibet, and the highest large salty water lake in the world.
		It has hot springs everywhere and when the valve is switched on, hot water spurts several meters or even dozens of meters high, constituting a magnificent scene.
	www.himalayan-network.com /tibet/lhasa.php (1318 words)

	Li Tieying inspects Nagqu and Xigaze prefectures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		At 5 pm, Li Tieying and his party arrived in Damxung County in
		The leaders of Lhasa City and Damxung County presented khada [a
		Damxung's livestock breeding, saying that the people there enjoy
	www.tibet.ca /en/wtnarchive/1994/8/23-2_1.html (937 words)

	Tibetan Dance presented in Culture section
		Dui means “upper” or “highland.” Therefore it refers to the round dance popular in ruraI areas of Ngamring, Dingri, Lhaze and Sagya counties on the upper reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River.
		Farmers’ guozhuang is popular in Qamdo in eastern Tibet, while herdsmen’s guozhuang is popular in the vast pasture land of Damxung, Heihe and Sog Xian.
		Sometimes a special display of skill in beating the drums is given.The drum teams in Nedong County are known for their vigorous beating while shaking their heads.
	www.newsfinder.org /site/comments/tibetan_dance (1921 words)

	Tibetan relics unearthed - www.phayul.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		A large-scale sacrificial relics site excavated in Nagqu County was the first finding of its kind in Tibet and stoneware found in Damxung County was the largest ever uncovered.
		According to historical records, before Buddhism entered the area Tibetans worshipped natural spirits like sacred stones, lakes, megaliths and woods.
		Archaeologists found a megalith circle with a diameter of 3.7 metres near a lake in Amdo County, which is believed to have been used for lake worship.
	www.phayul.com /news/tools/print.aspx?id=4403&t=1 (200 words)

	Lake Namtso(Lake Nmaco), Tourist Sights in Nagqu - Tibet Travel Information
		Lake Namtso is located in Nagqu Prefecture, about 260 kilometers from Lhasa City and 60 kilometers from Damxung County.
		From Damxung to Lake Namtso, you have to drive on a gravel road and climb over a snow mountain.
		In the rainy season, the road, which may be destroyed the heavy rain, will make it difficult for the minibuses with low chassis to drive on.
	www.tibettravel.info /nagqu/sights/lake-namtso.html (695 words)

	Tibet Transportation - Tibet Highway, Information about transportation in Tibet
		It is said there was no big air accident happened since the opening in 1956.
		Lhasa Gonga Airport is located in Gonga County in South East of Lhasa with 100km to Lhasa city.
		The local bus station is opposite Tibet University, at the southeast corner of town, near the bridge.
	www.muztagh.com /china-information/tibet/tibet-transportation.htm (972 words)

	Stone Pages Archaeo News: Ancient Tibetan relics found (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		A haul of 37 groups, including stoneware, tombs and military watchtowers, was found along the high altitude Qinghai-Tibet railway and provides the first evidence that Tibetans may have hunted and farmed at heights of around 16,500 feet (5,000 metres).
		A large site containing sacrificial relics excavated in Nagqu County was also the first find of its kind in Tibet, and a stoneware deposit in Damxung County was the largest ever discovered.
		The megalithic circle was found close to a lake in Amdo County which is believed to have been used in lake worship.
	www.stonepages.com /news/archives/000208.html (225 words)

	EXPLOR OF TIBET
		Nayainqentanglha lies in Damxung county of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
		Nyainqentanglha has characteristics in the obvious inland arid climate as it lies in the hinterland of the continent.
		At the northwest foot of the main peak rests the second largest Sault lake, Nam Tso.
	www.asianholidaytours.com /tibet/expedition/nayainquentanglha.htm (58 words)

	Tibetan Relics Unearthed Along Qinghai-Tibet Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		A large-scale sacrificial relics site excavated in Nagqu County was the first finding of its kind in the Tibet Autonomous Region and stoneware found in Damxung County was the largest batch of its kind ever found in Tibet, Huo said.
		Archeologists found a megalith circle with a diameter of 3.7 meters near a lake in Amdo County, which is believed to have been used for lake worship.
		Archeologists also found in Lhasa a burial area with several big tombs in the center with over ten hummock graves forming two wings, which scientists believe may provide more clues to ancient Tibetan culture in the valley area.
	www.china.com.cn /english/2003/Jun/67931.htm (276 words)

	Ramdung "Go" Treks & Expedition (P) Ltd.
		This peak lies in the Burang County of Tibet.
		The mountain is located in Damxung County - about 130 km's from Lhasa.
		Looking just like an eagles beak, the summit of the main peak is mostly wrapped in cloud and fog during the day time and covered with snow all year round.
	www.catmando.com /ramdung/ramdung1.htm (4181 words)

	Nojintangla, one of the easiest 7000 metre peaks in Tibet
		After making the scenic drive from Nepal (you could also approach this peak from Beijing) across the Tibetan Plateau, past Mount Everest, we arrive in Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet, where we will spend a day resting and touring the city, paying a special visit to the Potala palace.
		The next day we will load all the equipment in our vehicles and drive several hours north west of Lhasa to Damxung County with great views of the Nonjin Tangla range from the highway.
		Around Banuco village, we will drive off-road over the Tibetan plateau for a short while to a flat pasture at the foot of the mountain.
	www.cybernet1.com /himalaya/nojintangla.htm (1086 words)

	12 days overland travel tibet from yunnan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Pass by Zuogong county town and in the late afternoon, arrive in Bangda.
		Drive over the Kyogche La Pass (4850m) and go down to Damxung.
		After pass by Yangbajing, successfully reach Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region with an altitude of 3700m above sea level, is situated on the bank of the KyichuRiver and has long been the Holy Land of Tibet.
	www.tibetmap.net /XL/A-12D_ZDtoLXAviaChamdo.htm (609 words)

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