Zhongba County
Encyclopedia
Zhongba County is a county of the Xigazê Prefecture
in the Tibet Autonomous Region
. It is the largest county in the region of Xigaze, and is located in western Tibet.
Zhongba County has a population of 18,000 and covers 43,594 square kilometers. It is prone to quakes and suffered another large one, 6.8 on the Richter
scale on 30 August, 2008. Although it left a 10 km crack in a north-south direction at the epicenter, which is located at 31° north and 83.6° east. Houses were damaged and roads blocked by falling rocks, but no one has been reported as injured. "Strong Earthquake in Tibet leaves no casualties, but big crack."
It is heavily populated with lakes. Renqingxiubu Co lake is known as Rinchen Subtso in Tibetan.
Xigazê Prefecture
Xigazê is a prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region in China.The administrative center of the prefecture is the city of Shigatse ....
in the Tibet Autonomous Region
Tibet Autonomous Region
The Tibet Autonomous Region , Tibet or Xizang for short, also called the Xizang Autonomous Region is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China , created in 1965....
. It is the largest county in the region of Xigaze, and is located in western Tibet.
Zhongba County has a population of 18,000 and covers 43,594 square kilometers. It is prone to quakes and suffered another large one, 6.8 on the Richter
Richter
Richter can refer to:* the Richter magnitude scale, a scale measuring the strength of earthquakes.* Richter , an electro-rock band from Buenos Aires, Argentina.-Richter as a surname:...
scale on 30 August, 2008. Although it left a 10 km crack in a north-south direction at the epicenter, which is located at 31° north and 83.6° east. Houses were damaged and roads blocked by falling rocks, but no one has been reported as injured. "Strong Earthquake in Tibet leaves no casualties, but big crack."
It is heavily populated with lakes. Renqingxiubu Co lake is known as Rinchen Subtso in Tibetan.
Transport
China National Highway 219China National Highway 219
China National Highway 219 runs along the southwestern border of the People's Republic of China, from Kargilik in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to Lhazê in the Tibet Autonomous Region. It is 2,743 kilometres in length. Construction of this road was started in 1951. It was completed in 1957...