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Sog County

County in Tibet, China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Sog County (Tibetan: སོག་རྫོང་།, Chinese: 索县) is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Nagqu of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Quick Facts 索县 • སོག་རྫོང་།Suoxian, Country ...
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Geography

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Sog Dzong lies in the extreme western part of the former province of Kham. To its west is Chamdo and to its right Nagchu. Sogdzong is located between the Drachen and Driru, on the Sogchu River. It is the source of Gyalmo Ngulchu.

Climate

Sog County has a dry-winter alpine subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc) with mild, rainy summers and freezing to frigid, dry winters with large diurnal temperature variations.

More information Climate data for Sogxian, elevation 4,023 m (13,199 ft), (1991–2020 normals), Month ...
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Administrative divisions

Sog County contains 2 towns and 8 townships.

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Economy

Crops include barley, wheat, radish, potatoes, etc. and yaks, sheep, goat, cows, and horses are reared. Nomads move four times annually according to seasons. The county contains Tsangdain Monastery, built in 1667, resembling the Potala Palace.[7]

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