Gonggar County

Gonggar County 贡嘎县 • གོང་དཀར་རྫོང་། Gongkar, Konggar
County
Lhasa Gonggar Airport
Location of Gonggar County (red) within Shannan City (yellow) and the Tibet A.R.
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Coordinates (Gonggar government): 29°17′20″N 90°59′02″E / 29.289°N 90.984°E / 29.289; 90.984
Country	China
Autonomous region	Tibet
Prefecture-level city	Shannan (Lhoka)
County seat	Gyixung
Area
• Total	2,283 km2 (881 sq mi)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	53,701
• Density	24/km2 (61/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	www.gongga.gov.cn

Gonggar County, also Gongkar (Tibetan: གོང་དཀར་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 贡嘎县), is a county of Shannan in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, it's one of the 12 counties of the prefecture. It has under its jurisdiction five towns, four townships, and contains notable landmarks such as the Gonggar Choide Monastery, the Zhug Dêqên Qoikor Monastery, Gangdoi Town, the Gonggar Dzong at Xoi, the Lhasa Gonggar Airport at Gyazhugling, the Tubdain Ramai Monastery and the county seat of Gyixung.^[2]