Kunsha Township, Gar County, Ali Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region

Kunsha Township

It is a township under the jurisdiction of Gar County in Ali Prefecture of Tibet. From 1686 to 1965, it was the capital of Ali Prefecture (the winter capital in Qing Dynasty).

Located in the middle of the county, 60 kilometers south of Shiquanhe town. It is connected with Shiquanhe town in the north, zhaxigang Township in the west, Zhada County in the southwest and MenShi Township in the southeast. It is 58 kilometers away from Shiquanhe town in Gar county.

The township has a total area of 2644 square kilometers. Now it has jurisdiction over three administrative villages, namely, garxin village, namuru village and somai village, with 10 operation teams. There are well-known Ali kunsha airport and kunsha modern agriculture and animal husbandry science and technology demonstration park.

The permanent population is 2286 (2017).

evolution

In the Qing Dynasty, it was called karkunsha (kunsa). "Gar" means camp in Tibetan. Gar is a combination of the two places, namely "garyasa" and "garkunsa". "Yasa" refers to the place to live in summer, "kunsa" refers to the place to live in winter. Source: in 1681, Drainange, king of Ladakh, sent troops to attack Ali area. Dalai Khan, the Mongolian king of Qinghai (the grandson of Gushi Khan known as danzengqu jieqinbu in Tibetan History), who actually ruled Tibet at that time, and the local government of Tibet jointly organized a Mongolian Tibetan coalition army. After marching into Ali, this coalition defeated Ladakh army, and captured the capital of Ladakh, Liecheng, in 1683 Ladakh was a vassal of the Qing Empire and paid tribute to Tibet every year. After the recovery of Ali's occupied territory, the local government's representative office, the general manager's office of Ali, was officially established in Ali (known as garben or garwugu in ALI). In 1686, according to the strategy of the central government of the Qing Dynasty, the local government of Tibet set up the Kawasaki organization, which is the winter residence of Ali Kawasaki (kadak Kawasaki) in the South (gaeryasha in the summer, the two places are collectively called Kawasaki), some of which are under the direct jurisdiction of Ali Kawasaki, some under the jurisdiction of naruben and zuozoben. In 1951, after the peaceful liberation of Ali, he served as the base of the working committee of Ali branch of the Communist Party of China and the cavalry detachment of Ali. In 1964, he was the political and military center of Ali. historically, it was called garkunsha, which was juxtaposed with garyasha and later abbreviated as kunsha or kunsha. , 8 January 1960, Kunming

Sha

The Township People's government was established. in 1966, the party, government and army organizations in Ali Region moved from kunsha to Shiquanhe basin in the north to build a new town, which later developed into Shiquanhe town. At the same time, the county Party and government organizations moved from garyasha to kunsha. in 1988, the county Party and government organs moved from kunsha to Shiquanhe town - kunsha changed from a district level urban area to a county and then to an ordinary Township, but there is also Ali kunsha airport, which is also the aviation center of Ali Region. in 1999, Tibet was withdrawn and merged into townships, and Yasha township was merged into kunsha township.

administrative division

Geer County in Ali Prefecture of Tibet governs the township and three administrative villages, namely, Geer new village, namuru village and somai village, with 10 operation groups (3 in Geer new village, 3 in namuru village and 4 in somai Village). The township government and villagers are stationed in the new village. [2014 code and urban rural classification] 542523200: ～ 201220 somai village ～ 202210 gerxin village ～ 203220 namuru Village

geographical environment

Located in the middle of Gar County, 60 kilometers south of Shiquanhe town. It is connected with Shiquanhe town in the north, zhaxigang Township in the west, Zhada County in the southwest and MenShi Township in the southeast. It is 58 kilometers away from the county seat of gar. the terrain in the township is high in the East and West, with a bottom in the middle, many mountains and few plains, with an altitude of 4322 meters. Garzangbu, a tributary of Senge Zangbu, flows from east to west, dividing the whole Township into two parts.

natural resources

The township has a total area of 2644 square kilometers.

Population nationality

In 2000, there were 1705 permanent residents in kunsha township (Wupu). In 2013, there were 622 households and 2177 farmers and herdsmen in the township, including 212 households and 584 people in Geer new village, 202 households and 817 people in namuru village and 208 households and 776 people in somai village. 2286 permanent residents (2017).

rural economy

Kunsha township is a semi farming and semi pastoral township. In 2012, the per capita net income of farmers and herdsmen was 5310 yuan. There is a well-known kunsha modern agriculture and animal husbandry science and technology demonstration park.

Infrastructure construction

National Highway G219 crosses the township from northwest to Southeast.

Culture and education

In March 2015, there were two schools in the township (complete primary school in kunsha Township and kindergarten in kunsha township), with 35 senior high school students, 145 junior high school students, 82 primary school students and 6 full-time primary school teachers.

Construction of grass roots organizations

In 2013, there were 209 party members in the township, including 25 party members from township organs, 54 party members from gerxin village, 66 party members from namuru village and 64 party members from somai village.

Kunsha Airport

Kunsha airport is built in the territory. the construction of alikunsha Airport started in May 2007, covering a total area of 3613 mu. The runway length of the airport is 4500 meters, and the flight area is grade 4D, which can meet the take-off and landing requirements of Airbus A319 and other plateau aircraft. The building area of the terminal is about 3900 square meters, and the designed annual passenger throughput is 120000. the navigation of alikunsha airport will fill the gap of civil aviation transportation in Northwest Tibet. Kunsha airport is 4274m above sea level. In this phase, the runway is 4500m long and 45m wide, with 51000 square meters of tarmac and four stands. The terminal building covers an area of 3970 square meters, with air traffic control building, tower, communication and navigation, meteorological and other air traffic control projects. Oil supply, auxiliary production and living facilities have also been built. In addition, 8000 square meters of overnight accommodation will be built

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