Damxung County

Damxung 当雄县 • འདམ་གཞུང་རྫོང་།
County
Namtso
Location of Damxung County (red) within Lhasa City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region
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Coordinates: 30°28′23″N 91°06′04″E / 30.473°N 91.101°E / 30.473; 91.101
Country	China
Autonomous region	Tibet
Prefecture-level city	Lhasa
County seat	Damquka
Area
• Total	10,036 km2 (3,875 sq mi)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	47,900
• Density	4.8/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	www.dangxiong.gov.cn

Damxung is a county of Lhasa City, lying to the north of its main center of Chengguan, in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Its administrative seat is Damquka. The terrain is rugged, including the western Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains, with their highest peak rising to 7,111 metres (23,330 ft). As of 2013 the population was 40,000, with most of the people engaged in animal husbandry.