Dongba Township, Zuogong County, Changdu City, Tibet Autonomous Region

Dongba Township

Zuogong County, Changdu City, Tibet Autonomous Region governs the township and seven village committees including Junyong village, Puka village, Baxue village, waduo village, Jiaba village, Gewa village and AISI village.

It is located in the northwest of Zuogong County, Changdu City, Tibet Autonomous Region, 85 kilometers away from the county. Township government resident 2780 meters above sea level, is the Nujiang River Basin.

There are 2222 people in the township (2017).

Dongba township is a semi agricultural and semi pastoral Township, with 9 pure agricultural villages, 1 pure animal husbandry village, and the others are semi agricultural and semi pastoral villages.

Historical evolution

Historically, Dongba township is one of the important post stations on the ancient tea horse road. He set up Dongba Township in 1960, changed to commune in 1970, and restored to township in 1984.

administrative division

Zuogong County, Changdu City, Tibet Autonomous Region governs the township and seven village committees including Junyong village, Puka village, Baxue village, waduo village, Jiaba village, Gewa village and AISI village. The township government stationed troops in the village.

geographical environment

It is located in the northwest of Zuogong County, Changdu City, Tibet Autonomous Region, 85 kilometers away from the county. Township government resident 2780 meters above sea level, is located in the Nujiang River Basin, Nujiang dry hot valley.

natural resources

Dongba Township covers an area of 448.44 square kilometers.

Population nationality

By the end of 2010, there were 379 households and 2554 people in the township. there are 2222 people in Dongba township (2017).

rural economy

Dongba township is a semi agricultural and semi pastoral Township, with 9 pure agricultural villages, 1 pure animal husbandry village, and the others are semi agricultural and semi pastoral villages. Planting highland barley, wheat and rape, and Grazing Yak, cattle, goat and sheep. the main fruits are grapes, apples, pears, apricots, peaches, pomegranates, loquats, oranges, grapefruits and oranges. The main dry fruits are walnuts and prickly ash. in addition to completing the basic production and operation of agriculture and animal husbandry, people's household income mainly depends on the export of various labor services and the sale of forest and fruit products.

Infrastructure construction

In 1992, a simple highway from national highway 318 to Junyong village, where Dongba township government is stationed, was built. In 2011, the highway from national highway 318 to Junyong village in Dongba township was reconstructed and expanded, with a total length of 25 kilometers and a national investment of more than 18 million yuan.

Culture and education

In August 2015, the enrollment rate of primary and secondary schools reached 100%.

Folk houses

Dongba's dwellings are of Han, Tibetan and Yunnan Naxi styles. These houses are huge in size, exquisite in materials, ingenious in design, exquisite in carving, magnificent in appearance and magnificent in interior. The houses are built on the basis of mountains, roads, water and orchards. Looking at them, they look like ancient palaces with great momentum. the general layout of Dongba residence is as follows: storeroom on the first floor, living room, bedroom, kitchen on the second floor, and Buddhist hall and Sutra hall on the third floor. It takes more than ten years or decades to build a Dongba residence. Xirao family's ancient residence in Junyong village of Dongba township is the object of cultural relics protection in Tibet Autonomous Region.