Population density: 6 people/km2
Sangri County
Sangri County basic profile of Sangri County is located in the southern foothills of the Gangdisi Mountains, the Yarlung Zangbo River in the middle reaches of the valley. From Lhasa 230 kilometers, geographic location, transportation is very convenient, a total area of 2638 square kilometers, a total population of 16,000, jurisdiction of three townships and towns, including Tibetans accounted for 98.5%, 2.3 million acres of arable land, forested land of 200,000 acres, 30 million acres of available pasture, the terrain of the south low and high in the north, the average elevation of more than 4,000 meters. The average annual rainfall is about 420 millimeters, the average temperature is 8 degrees Celsius, and there are four seasons in one day, four seasons in one mountain, and different days in ten miles. The specific natural geography determines that Sangri County is a traditional "agriculture-based, agriculture and animal husbandry" county, the main crops are wheat, barley, rape, peas, broad beans, potatoes, turnips and so on. The main crops are wheat, barley, rape, peas, broad beans, potatoes, turnips, etc. Livestock include yaks, cows, oxen, goats, sheep, donkeys and horses. Agricultural areas are mainly located in the south of the Yangtze River and the northern part of the Yarlung Zangbo River, which is mainly pastoralism and agricultural production. From ancient times to the present day, Sangri County has been an important grain base and pastoral base in Tibet. In 2000, the total output of grain and oil 18,843,000 kilograms, per capita possession of grain and oil 1,189.7 kilograms, all kinds of livestock head of 99,175 (only, horses), per capita possession of livestock head of 6.3 (only, horses), per capita net income of 1,521 yuan.
Resources are abundant, and the field of development is broad. The valuable ones are copper ore, iron ore, marble and limestone, and there are also a lot of crystals, sand gold and rock gold, which are expected to be developed and utilized.
Hydraulic resources, Sangri County is known as Tibet's energy base, water resources have 923 million cubic meters, storage capacity of 10 million kilowatts, runoff depth between 240 - 500MM, was small in the south, the north of the distribution of large law. Water resources in addition to the Yarlung Tsangpo River, but also has the Wokka River, than put the river, the song river, and the Tibet autonomous region belongs to the Kawo one, two, three large hydropower station in the county territory.
Wild animals and herbal medicine resources, belonging to the national level of protection of animals are: white-lipped deer, deer, snow leopard; the second level of protection of animals are roe deer, snow chickens, bears, etc., and other wild animals, wolves, roe deer, monkeys, chickens, goats, rabbits and so on. Valuable medicinal herbs include Cordyceps sinensis, snowdrops, musk, shellfish, yellow dock, firewood, rhodiola rosea, and so on.
Tourism resources, the territory of the sacred mountains, sacred lakes, hot springs, temples and ancient architectural sites can be found everywhere. Famous tourist attractions are: one of the four sacred mountains in Tibet, Wodong sister snow mountain (the highest peak in the county, 6300 meters above sea level), the Dalai Lama bathed in Dwarka hot springs, ZongKaBa missionary temple - QuLongShi, YarlungZangBu river waterfalls, LiLong alpine plant scenic area, DansaTi temple, chakka quDeng temple, and so on. Both have a glorious German ethnic culture, unique German customs, and colorful German fascinating scenery.
Natural Geography
Sangri County is located in the southern foothills of the Gangdisi Mountains, the Yarlung Zangbo River in the middle reaches of the valley. Cultivated land of 23,000 acres, 200,000 acres of woodland, available pasture 30 million acres, the terrain of the south low north high, the average altitude of more than 4000 meters.
Yarlung Tsangpo River will be divided into two divisions of the county for the north and south: south of the Himalayas, north of the Gangdishen Mountain, two mountain folder a river, canyon from the two sides of the river to the north and south gradually rise, the highest elevation of 5,000 meters above sea level, the average elevation of 4,000 meters. The lowest altitude of more than 3400 meters, the northern alpine meadows are distributed in many small lakes, the south for the gullies and mountains.
Hydro-energy resources, Sangri County is known as Tibet's energy base, water resources have 923 million cubic meters, storage capacity of 10 million kilowatts, runoff depth between 240 - 500MM, was small in the south, the north of the distribution of large law. Water resources in addition to the yarlung zangbo river, but also has the wuoka river, than put the river, qu song river, and the Tibet autonomous region belongs to the kawo one, two, three large hydropower station in the county territory.
Yarlung Tsangpo River
Yarlung Tsangpo River is one of the highest rivers in China, originating from the northern foothills of the Himalayas, with a length of 2,057 kilometers in China.
The upper reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River are alpine. Here the river valley is open, most of which is flat and shallow valley, with slow water flow and many lakes and ponds and swamps. The original large area of grassland is a natural animal paradise, living in the Tibetan antelope, rock sheep, wild ass, wild yak and many other wild animals.
The middle reaches of the river, the river valley is the same width, a put a bunch, a bead-like distribution.
In the downstream area, the river bypasses the high mountains in the eastern part of the Himalayas and folds to the south, forming the world's largest canyon, the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon. It is horseshoe-shaped and famous for its majesty, steepness and strangeness.
Wokha River First Grade Hydropower Station
Wokha River First Grade Hydropower Station is located in Sangri County, which is one of the 62 key projects for Tibet during the Eighth Five-Year Plan period, with a total investment of 861.1 million yuan and an installed capacity of 20,000 kilowatts. The total investment of the project is 8611 million yuan, with a total installed capacity of 20,000 kilowatts. Due to the complex geological conditions where the power station is located, the construction of the first-level hydropower station of the Wokha River is known as the construction of hydropower station "small encyclopedia".
Sangri County is a plateau temperate dry monsoon climate zone, precipitation is concentrated, more night rain. Sufficient sunshine, large temperature difference between day and night, dry climate. Annual sunshine hours of 2770 hours, the river valley area of the annual frost-free period of 150-180 days, the mountain grassland area of the annual frost-free period of only 60 days or so, the average annual rainfall of about 420 millimeters, the average temperature of 8 degrees Celsius, there is "a day with the four seasons, a mountain with the four seasons, ten miles of different days," said. Common natural disasters include earthquakes, floods, frosts, hail, pests and diseases, droughts and snowstorms.
History
Sangri means "copper mountain" in Tibetan.
Tubo dynasty period belongs to the jurisdiction of about Ru. 1268 January central authority in Tibet in Tibet set up thirteen hundred thousand households, sangri to pamozhupa households (i.e., bermudaguru households) jurisdiction. 14th century, pazhuk local authority first built the zong, that is, in the territory of the existing sangri county built wokadazi zong, and later built the sangri zong.
April 12, 1959, sangri county people's government was formally established. Under the jurisdiction of the shannan region, the county authorities were initially set up barangay, in 1960 moved to the sherpa so far.
Sangri County has a total population of 16,000 people, with three townships and one town under its jurisdiction.
Economic overview
Basic situation
Agricultural area mainly distributed in the south of the river and the north of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, then the main animal husbandry, and agricultural production. From ancient times to the present Sangri County is an important grain base and pastoral base in Tibet. In 2000, the total output of grain and oil 18,843,000 kilograms, per capita possession of grain and oil 1,189.7 kilograms, all kinds of livestock head of 99,175 (only, horses), per capita possession of livestock head of 6.3 (only, horses), per capita net income of 1,521 yuan.
Resource Advantages
Resources are abundant, and the field of development is vast. There are copper ore, iron ore, marble, limestone and other minerals, and there are also a lot of crystals, sand gold, rock gold, etc., which are expected to be developed and utilized.
Hydraulic resources, Sangri County is known as Tibet's energy base, water resources have 923 million cubic meters, storage capacity of 10 million kilowatts, runoff depth between 240 - 500MM, was small in the south, the north of the distribution of large law. Water resources in addition to the Yarlung Tsangpo River, but also has the Wokka River, than put the river, the Qu Song River, and the Tibet Autonomous Region belongs to the Kawo one, two, three large hydropower station in my county.
Wild animals and herbal medicine resources, belonging to the national level of protection of animals are: white-lipped deer, deer, snow leopard; the second level of protection of animals are roe deer, snow chickens, bears, etc., and other wild animals, wolves, roe deer, monkeys, chickens, goats, rabbits and so on. Valuable medicinal herbs include Cordyceps sinensis, snowdrops, musk, shellfish, yellow dock, firewood, rhodiola rosea, and so on.
Tourism resources, the territory of the sacred mountains, sacred lakes, hot springs, temples and ancient architectural sites can be found everywhere. Famous tourist attractions are: one of the four sacred mountains in Tibet, Wodong sister snow mountain (the highest peak in the county, 6300 meters above sea level), the Dalai Lama bathed in Dwarka hot springs, ZongKaBa missionary temple - QuLongShi, YarlungZangBu river waterfalls, LiLong alpine plant scenic area, DansaTi temple, chakka quDeng temple, and so on. Both have a glorious German ethnic culture, unique German customs, but also colorful German fascinating scenery.
Major investment projects:
Chinese herbal medicine resources development project. Proposed production of mother-of-pearl, rhodiola rosea oral liquid river snow lotus drinking liquid and other medicinal herbs health care green series of drinks, the organization of Cordyceps and other Tibetan medicine processing production, investment of 3 million yuan.
Mineral water development project. Annual production capacity of 0.5 million tons (about 330,000 boxes), is expected to create an output value of 5.5 million yuan, an investment of 2.6 million yuan.
(Chongmuda) selenite copper-gold deposit exploration and development project. Exploration costs 2 million yuan, to reach the economic scale of mining requires an investment of 8 million yuan. (Ore samples identified ore copper metal content are more than 3%, up to 20%, at the same time test out the ore containing gold and silver precious metal content have reached the mining industry indicators above, is a copper-based associated gold and silver deposits.)
Marble development project. Sangri County marble factory, facilities, equipment and technological transformation, the annual production capacity of 21,000 square meters, an investment of 1 million yuan, is expected to one year on the recovery of all investment.
Sangri (cement limestone, marble, granite) detailed address exploration and development project, an investment of 2 million yuan,
Administrative divisions
Sangri County, jurisdiction of 1 township, 3 townships, 44 administrative villages.
Sangri town Total population of 4212 people.
Velvet Township Total population 5520.
Baidu Township Total population 2,261.
Zengzhi Township Total population 4040.
April 2021, Sangri County was ranked 68th on the 2021 list of China's Top 100 Counties and Cities for Specialty Food.
In January 2021, the Central Civilization Office determined the list of nominated cities for the 2021-2023 creation cycle of national civilized cities, and Sangri County was on the list.
August 2019, the list of 2019 Comprehensive Demonstration Counties for E-commerce into Rural Areas was released, and Sangri County was on the list.
February 2016, Sangri County was on the list of 2015 National Basic Balanced Counties (Cities and Districts) for Compulsory Education Development.
March 2015, Sangri County won the third batch of national rule of law counties and municipalities to create activities in advanced units.