Gongtang | |
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Township | |
Tibetan transcription(s) | |
• Tibetan | ཀོང་ཐང། |
• Wylie transliteration | kong thang |
Chinese transcription(s) | |
• Traditional | 公塘乡 |
• Pinyin | Gōngtáng Xiāng |
![]() Damxung County scenery | |
Coordinates: 30°31′04″N 90°45′56″E / 30.51778°N 90.76556°E | |
Country | China |
Province | Tibet Autonomous Region |
Prefecture | Lhasa Prefecture |
County | Damxung County |
Population (2003) | |
• Total | 4,800 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
Gongtang (simplified Chinese: 公塘乡; traditional Chinese: 公塘鄉; pinyin: Gōngtáng Xiāng; Standard Tibetan: ཀོང་ཐང། ) is a township in Damxung County in the Lhasa Prefecture of Tibet, China. Established in 1960, in 1970 it became a township. It has a population of around 4800 and contains four village committees. The economy is based on animal husbandry, mainly shepherding goats, sheep, cattle and horses.[1]
Damxung Airport
[edit]Lhasa's first airport, Dancing Airport, was located just north of Gongtang from 1955 to 1965. After moving to Lhasa Gonggar Airport, the old airport site was partially occupied by a racetrack. All remaining infrastructure was removed with only footprint of runway present.
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