"Medog", means "flower"
in Tibetan.
Medog County is located in the southeast of the Tibet
Autonomous Region and at the lower branch of Yarlung Zangbo
River. Medog County has a population of 9,200, and covers
an area of 30,553 square kilometres. The average altitude
of the county is 1200 metres above sea level.
The Medog National Animal and Plant Reserve Area is in
the county. It has more than 3,000 species of plants,
42 species of rare wild animals that under special State
protection, and over a thousand of hexapod species.
Farming is the main industry in Medog County. It is abundant
with paddy, soybean, cotton and gingeli, etc. Hairy deerhorn,
gastrodia tuber, muskiness, and hedgehog hydnum, etc.
are special products of the area.
Most people live in the county are of Moinba ethnic minority
and Lhoba ethnic group. |
