Chentang

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Chentang
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Chentang
Location within Tibet Autonomous Region
Coordinates: 27°52′03″N87°24′54″E / 27.86756°N 87.415°E / 27.86756; 87.415 Coordinates: 27°52′03″N87°24′54″E / 27.86756°N 87.415°E / 27.86756; 87.415
CountryFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Region Tibet Autonomous Region
Prefecture Shigatse
County Dinggyê
Population (2010)
 • Total 2,043
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)

Chentang, officially Zhêntang Town (Chinese :陈塘镇) is a town in Dinggyê County, in the Shigatse prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is a border town on the China–Nepal border and lies on the Pum Qu River. At the time of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 2,043. [1] As of 2013, it had 6 communities under its administration.

Chinese language family of languages

Chinese is a group of related, but in many cases not mutually intelligible, language varieties, forming the Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Chinese is spoken by the Han majority and many minority ethnic groups in China. About 1.2 billion people speak some form of Chinese as their first language.

Dinggyê County County in Tibet Autonomous Region, Peoples Republic of China

Dinggyê County or Dinjie County or Tingche County or Tingkye County is a county of the Xigazê in the Tibet Autonomous Region, bordering Nepal's Sankhuwasabha and Taplejung Districts to the south and India's Sikkim state to the southeast. Jin Co and Duolo Co are located in this county.

Shigatse Prefecture-level city in Tibet Autonomous Region, Peoples Republic of China

Shigatse, officially known as Xigazê, is a prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, with an area of 182,000 km2 (70,271 sq mi). It is located within the historical Tsang province of Tibet.

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People

Most of the population of the vicinity are Sherpa people. Due to the fact that Sherpa is not one of the recognized ethnic minorities in China, they are classified as "Others" on their citizenship. However, Sherpa is stated as part of their household registration. [2] The locals cultivate finger millet using terraces on the slopes for produce, [3] which can be used to make Chhaang a popular local drink. [2] Many of the families in valley have two homes — one for the growing season high up on the slopes, the other in the valley to shelter through the colder winter. [3]

Sherpa people ethnic group from the most mountainous region of Nepal

Sherpa is one of the major ethnic groups native to the most mountainous regions of Nepal, as well as certain areas of China, Bhutan, India, and the Himalayas. The term sherpa or sherwa derives from the Sherpa language words Shar ("east") and Wa ("people"), which refer to their geographical origin in Kham Salmogang of eastern Tibet.

Ethnic minorities in China 55 recognized ethnic minorities

Ethnic minorities in China are the non-Han Chinese population in the People's Republic of China (PRC). China officially recognises 55 ethnic minority groups within China in addition to the Han majority. As of 2010, the combined population of officially recognised minority groups comprised 8.49% of the population of mainland China. In addition to these officially recognised ethnic minority groups, there are Chinese nationals who privately classify themselves as members of unrecognised ethnic groups.

Several ethnic groups of the People's Republic of China are not officially recognized. Taken together, these groups number more than 730,000 people; if considered as a single group, they would constitute the twentieth most populous ethnic group of China. Some scholars have estimated that there are over 200 distinct ethnic groups that inhabit China. There are in addition small distinct ethnic groups that have been classified as part of larger ethnic groups that are officially recognized. Some groups like the Hui of Xinjiang with the Hui of Fujian are geographically and culturally separate except for the shared belief of Islam. Han Chinese being the world's largest ethnic group has a large diversity within it, such as in Gansu, the Han here may have genetic traits from the assimilated Tangut civilization. Although they are indigenous to Hainan island and do not speak a Chinese language, the Limgao (Ong-Be) people near the capital are counted as Han Chinese.

The Sherpas in the region are considered to be good dancers, with similarities to many ethnic groups in Nepal. Most of the locals practice Buddhism. [4] There is an elementary school in the township. However, children would need to go to Dinggyê County for boarding middle school and Shigatse prefecture for boarding high school. [2]

Buddhism World religion, founded by the Buddha

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists. Buddhism encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on original teachings attributed to the Buddha and resulting interpreted philosophies. Buddhism originated in ancient India as a Sramana tradition sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE, spreading through much of Asia. Two major extant branches of Buddhism are generally recognized by scholars: Theravada and Mahayana.

Border

The bordering Nepalese town is Kimathanka. The border was part of brief dispute between China and Nepal before 1960. [5] The dispute was resolved in their 1961 border agreement. [6] There is small scale local trade. The local cross-border trade has gotten so important in the recent decades that in 2008 when Chinese tightened its border control during the 2008 Summer Olympics, the bordering Nepalese towns faced food shortages due to disruption of local trade. [7] A Chinese border checkpoint was set up in 2011 checking border crossing permits of Nepalese. [8]

Kimathanka Village development committee in Kosi Zone, Nepal

Kimathanka is a village development committee in Sankhuwasabha District in the Kosi Zone of North Eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 303 people living in 50 individual households.

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References

  1. ↑ "China: Shigatse, Xigazê / 日喀则地区革". National Bureau of Statistics of China, accessed via Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "朋曲：陈塘沟里看陈塘" [Pum Qu River: Viewing Chentang from the Chentang Valley]. Yuanfang De Jia . Season 江河万里行. Episode 136. 2014-11-05. China Central Television . Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  3. 1 2 "朋曲：前往陈塘镇" [Pum Qu River: En Route to Chentang]. Yuanfang De Jia . Season 江河万里行. Episode 136. 2014-11-05. China Central Television . Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  4. ↑ Zhang, Xiaoming (2004). China's Tibet. 五洲传播出版社. p. 25. ISBN   978-7-5085-0608-1.
  5. ↑ Office of the Geographer (1969-05-30). "International Boundary Study - China – Nepal Boundary" (PDF). Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-03. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  6. ↑ (in Chinese) Wikisource-logo.svg   中华人民共和国和尼泊尔王国边界条约 [China-Nepal Border Agreement]. Wikisource.1961-10-05.
  7. ↑ Budhathoki, Kishor (2008-06-04). "China seals border, villages on Nepali side face starvation". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 2017-02-13. Starvation looms large in the northern parts of Sankhuwasabha district after China closed the Kimathanka check post
  8. ↑ "朋曲：寻访边境线" [Pum Qu River: Visiting the border]. Yuanfang De Jia . Season 江河万里行. Episode 136. 2014-11-05. China Central Television . Retrieved 2017-02-14.
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