Gar County, Ali Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region

Geer County, located in the westernmost part of Tibet, along the Senge Zangbu and Geer Zangbu river basins, is one of the 18 border counties in Tibet. It covers an area of 17197 square kilometers. The cultivated area is 8900 mu. The total population is 42000. It has jurisdiction over 4 townships, 1 town and 11 administrative villages.

Ga'er county is surrounded by mountains, and the middle part is low and flat. The average altitude is about 4350 meters, and the highest altitude is 6554 meters. There are 12 lakes in the county, including Langjiu lake and Xinga lake.

There are three main highways in Gar County, namely Yeshi highway, ARI highway and hei'a highway. There are 498 kilometers of highways in the territory. With Shiquanhe town as the center, kunsha airport is officially open to navigation, and the natural moat becomes a thoroughfare.

In October 2018, the people's Government of Tibet Autonomous Region officially approved the withdrawal of Gar county from poverty-stricken counties (regions).

Historical evolution

In January 1960, the county was established.

In 1987, the party, government and military organs of Gar county were successively stationed in garyasa and garkun.

In 1987, Gar County moved to Shiquanhe town.

In 1966, Ali special office moved from Gar county to Shiquanhe, and from Yasha to kunsha.

In September 1988, he moved to Shiquanhe town.

In November 1985, the whole county carried out the work of "removing social organizations and building townships", setting up 12 townships and changing social organizations into villages.

In 1998, Shiquanhe town was established.

In 1999, the district was withdrawn and the township merged.

administrative division

Shiquanhe Town: it was set up in 1989. It is the office residence of Ali prefectural Party committee and executive office, and also the residence of Gar county government. The total construction area of the town is 11336 square meters. It is located in the north of the county, with an area of 3.2 square kilometers and a population of 10300.

Mens District: established in 1960. It is located in the southeast of the county, 260km away from the county government, with a population of 18000. It has jurisdiction over 2 townships and 9 villages, including 5 villages in MenShi Township and 4 villages in soduo township.

Kunsa District: set in 1960. It is located in the middle of the county, 80 kilometers away from the county government, with a population of 1600. It governs 3 townships, including 3 villages in namuru Township, 4 villages in somai Township and 3 villages in gerxin township.

Zhaxigang District: established in 1960. Located in the west of the county government, 60 kilometers away from the county government, with a population of 0900. It has jurisdiction over 4 townships, including 2 village committees in zhaxigang Township, 3 village committees in Dianjiao Township, 2 villages in Langma Township and 2 villages in Jiamu township.

Left: set in 1960. Located in the east of the county government, 48 kilometers away from the county government, with a population of 11000. It governs 3 townships, including 3 villages in Shangzuo Township and 2 villages in xiazuo township. There are three villages in Langjiu township.

By 2014, the county had four townships and one town: Shiquanhe Town, zhaxigang Township, MenShi Township, Zuozuo Township and kunsha township (including 12 administrative villages and 2 communities).

geographical environment

geographical position

Geer county is located in the southwest of China, the west of Tibet Autonomous Region and the southwest of Ali Prefecture of Tibet. It is adjacent to Pulan County in Ali Region in the southeast, Zada County in Ali Region in the South and southwest, Indian controlled Kashmir region in the northwest, Ritu County in Ali Region in the north and Geji County in Ali Region in the East. The geographical coordinates of Gar county are 79 ° 07 ′ e to 81 ° 10 ′ E and 30 ° 58 ′ n to 33 ° 17 ′ n.

topographic features

There are irariju mountains in the west of Gar County, Gangdise mountains in the northwest in the middle, zemuri mountain in the north, with an altitude of 6051 meters, and Lamela mountain, with an altitude of 4828 meters. In the middle, there are risaitian mountain, 4802 meters above sea level, and aonla mountain, 6018 meters above sea level. There is mount laga in the southwest, 6261 meters above sea level. There is Luobu mountain in the East, with an altitude of 5603 meters.

hydrographic features

There are 12 lakes in Gar County, which is the upper reaches of the Indus River. It flows through the arid and cold region of Northwest Tibet, with a total length of 430 km, a drainage area of 27000 square kilometers, and an annual runoff of about 700 million cubic meters. It originates from the northern side of Gangrenboqi peak, with an altitude of 5164 meters. It is a periglacial zone, and flows into the desert area downstream. It passes through Geji, Shiquanhe town and other places, and joins with the tributary garzangbu in zhaxigang. After leaving and entering Kashmir, it is called Indus River. Located in an arid area, Shiquan river system is underdeveloped, with an average runoff depth of only 25 mm and an annual runoff of about 700 million cubic meters, which is the smallest of the outflow rivers in Tibet.

Climatic characteristics

Geer county belongs to arid climate zone of plateau sub frigid zone. It is dry and cold with strong solar radiation and long sunshine hours. The annual average temperature in Ger county is 0.5 ℃. Among them, July is the highest, 13.8 ℃; the coldest month occurs in January, the temperature is - 12.7 ℃. Every year, except July and August, there are different degrees of frost in other months. The annual precipitation is 73 mm. The extreme minimum temperature in winter is - 41 ℃ and the extreme maximum temperature in summer is 21 ℃ in Shiquanhe town. The temperature difference between day and night is quite large and the annual temperature difference is small. The temperature changes vertically with altitude. Snow falls all year round.

natural resources

mineral resources

By 2014, the proven mineral resources in Gar County include iron, copper, gold, crystal, antimony, lead, zinc, limestone, borax, salt and other mineral products, with wide distribution area, good mineral quality and great development value. It is the third largest mineral resource county after Geji and Gaize.

water resource

Geer county has the least rainfall in Tibet, with annual rainfall of only 50-80 mm. There are swamps and hot springs. Hot springs are mostly phreatic water gushing from the cracks of igneous rocks, which not only replenishes the river, but also increases the temperature of the river, so that some river sections are rarely frozen in winter.

Population nationality

In 2000, Gar County governed one town and four townships. All of them are Tibetans except a few are Han nationality. According to the fifth census, the total population of the county is 13364, including 7731 in Shiquanhe Town, 1255 in Zuozuo Township, 1705 in kunsha Township, 1944 in MenShi Township and 729 in zhaxigang township.

In 2014, the total population of Gar county (including garrison troops, regional organs, enterprises and institutions) was more than 42000.

economic development

overview

In 2012, the gross output value of GER county was 170 million yuan, an increase of 16% compared with that in 2011; the county fiscal revenue was 30.47 million yuan, an increase of 41% compared with that in 2011; the per capita net income of farmers and herdsmen was 5827 yuan, an increase of 29% compared with that in 2011; the investment in fixed assets of the whole society was 209 million yuan, an increase of 39.3% compared with that in 2011; the income from labor export was 14.13 million yuan, an increase of 0.9% compared with that in 2011; and the consumption of the whole society was high The total retail sales reached 64.057 million yuan, an increase of 35.7% over 2011.

In 2017, the gross national product of the county was 297 million yuan, the fiscal revenue was 57.24 million yuan, the investment in fixed assets was 660 million yuan, the per capita net income of farmers and herdsmen was 10762 yuan, and the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 34567 yuan.

primary industry

In the first half of 2004, the total sown area of crops in Gar County reached 6911.75 mu. Among them, the sown area of grain crops is 2914.8 mu, rape 532.85 Mu and forage 3464.1 mu. The total number of livestock on hand reached 26383, including 12639 yaks, 2561 horses, 153075 goats, 9.55 sheep and 55 yellow cattle; the total number of livestock on hand reached 335994 at the end of the period, including 142599 yaks, 2680 horses, 192778 goats, 12.62 sheep and 77 yellow cattle; and 121490 female animals of the right age (pieces and pieces) were bred by young animals The survival rate of young livestock was 79.3%, the survival rate of reproduction was 70.1%, and the total growth rate of livestock was 30%. In 2003, the labor income of GER County reached 4.7395 million yuan, and the per capita income of the labor force of the whole county was 1335.45 yuan.

The county's economy is dominated by animal husbandry and combined with agriculture and animal husbandry. The main planting industries are highland barley, spring wheat and pea. It mainly raises yak, yak, cattle, horse, donkey, mule, goat and sheep.

the secondary industry

In 2014, the characteristic and advantageous industries of Gar county developed rapidly. Relying on vegetable planting and dairy farming, efforts are made to create "one county, one enterprise, one product". Gaer County Ecological Agriculture Demonstration Park, which has invested 37 million yuan and covers an area of 450 mu, has built 190 greenhouses for various kinds of vegetables, cultivated more than 50 varieties of edible fungi, flowers and vegetables in the first phase, and is expected to achieve an economic output value of more than 3.8 million yuan. With a total investment of 11.03826 million yuan, the reconstruction and expansion of kunsha dairy breeding base has been completed. There are 350 dairy cows with a daily milk output of about 6300 Jin. Green boutique industry and traditional characteristic industry are developing rapidly. The total investment of six enterprises in Shiquanhe green industry cluster is more than 93 million yuan, which is expected to be put into operation in 2015.

the service sector; the tertiary industry

Since 2013, there has been an increase in the number of tourism construction projects in Gar county. By 2014, Gar county will gradually promote the construction of Jiamu Hongliu Wetland Park, namuru hot spring, somai folk village, zhidaburi temple and gujinjiang temple as the key tourist attractions. Restoration and reconstruction of the memorial hall of the former site of Ali branch working committee. More than 1 million yuan has been invested in supporting infrastructure construction of "one day tour to Gar". More than 1 million yuan was allocated to improve the landscape of Hongliu Park in Jiamu wetland. 3 star rated hotels. It received 54000 domestic and foreign tourists throughout the year, with a tourism income of 75.6 million yuan.

Transportation

The whole county of Gar county has realized "village to village" highway, national highway 219 runs through the whole county, Shige section of provincial highway 301 is open to traffic, Shiquanhe town to Dianjiao village

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