Goyul

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Goyul Township
古玉乡
Goyü Township
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Goyul
Location in the Tibet AR
Coordinates: 29°08′42″N97°13′19″E / 29.1450°N 97.2219°E / 29.1450; 97.2219 Coordinates: 29°08′42″N97°13′19″E / 29.1450°N 97.2219°E / 29.1450; 97.2219
Country People's Republic of China
Autonomous region Tibet
Prefecture-level city Nyingchi
County Zayü
Elevation
3,300 m (10,800 ft)
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)

Goyul (Tibetan : མགོ་ཡུལ་ཤང, Wylie : mgo yul shang) or Goyü (Chinese :古玉乡; pinyin :Gǔ yù xiāng) is a township located in the Zayul County, Nyingchi Prefecture in eastern Tibet Autonomous Region, China. [1] [2]

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The centre of the township is the town Sangachu Dzong (Tibetan : གསང་སྔགས་ཆོས་རྫོང, Wylie : gsang sngags chos rdzong, THL : sang ngak chö dzong; Chinese :桑昂曲宗; pinyin :Sāng áng qū zōng). It is now referred to as Goyul Town. [2] It lies at an altitude of 3,300 m (10,800 ft), at the location where Zang Chu (Sangachu), [3] the eastern source stream of Zayul Chu, descends into its valley. (In current European terminology, Zang Chu is in fact regarded as the main Zayul Chu, and the western headwater Kangri Karpo Chu is regarded as its tributary. However, the Tibetans regard both the rivers with equal status.) [4]

A large plain is formed near Goyul, where three or more headwaters of Zang Chu meet. According to the British explorer Frank Kingdon Ward, four villages were formed in the plain, one of which is traditionally called Gochen (Tibetan : མགོ་ཆེན, Wylie : mgo chen; Chinese :古井村; pinyin :Gǔjǐng cūn), which has effectively lent its name to the entire region. The Sangachu Dzong fort and monastery stand on an elevated shoulder of the plain, while the river itself flows in a deep trench. [5]

Prior to the Chinese administration of Tibet, Sangachu Dzong served as the capital of the Zayul County, except for the coldest winter months, during which the Dzongpön move to the village of Shigatang (Shika) near Rima. [6] The capital has since been moved to Kyigang, approximately 60 km (37 mi) downstream on Zayul Chu, and now bears the name "Zayul Town".

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References

  1. 2017年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:古玉乡 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2017. Retrieved 2018-11-16. 统计用区划代码 名称 540425100000 竹瓦根镇 540425101000 上察隅镇 540425102000 下察隅镇 540425200000 古玉乡 540425201000 古拉乡 540425202000 察瓦龙乡
  2. 1 2 Nyingchi Prefecture-Level City, KNAB place name databse, retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. Is it the source of the Irrawadi or Salwin?, Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record, Volume 9, 1887, p.309.
  4. Kingdon Ward & Smith, The Himalaya East of the Tsangpo (1934), pp. 370–371.
  5. Kingdon Ward & Smith, The Himalaya East of the Tsangpo (1934), pp. 383–384.
  6. Kaulback, The Assam Border of Tibet (1934), p. 181.

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