Meanings
- A county of Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region, China.
I conducted this research in one natural village (the smallest administrative settlement unit in Tibet) in Damzhung County in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
[2015 Summer, Kelly A. Hopping, “Cascading Effects of Changing Climate and Land Use on Alpine Ecosystems and Pastoral Livelihoods in Central Tibet”, in Colorado State University (Dissertation), archived from the original on 23 Jun 20242 more examples
The weather is subject to abrupt, unpredictable changes, and it is not uncommon to encounter a snowstorm on the pass between Damxung and Lake Namtso even in midsummer. Bring food and soft drinks from Lhasa. Beer is available in Damxung. The road from Lhasa to Damxung follows Tibet's main route to Golmud and Qinghai for 167 kilometres (104 miles).
1997, Elizabeth B. Booz, “Lhasa”, in Odyssey Illustrated Guide to Tibet, 2nd edition, Hong Kong: Local Colour Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 128A Mw 6.3 magnitude earthquake occurred on October 6, 2008 in southern Damxung County within the N–S trending Yangyi graben, which forms the northern section of the Yadong-Gulu rift of south-central Tibet.
2011, Zhong-hai Wu, Pei-sheng Ye, Patrick J. Barosh, Zhen-han Wu, “The October 6, 2008 Mw 6.3 magnitude Damxung earthquake, Yadong-Gulu rift, Tibet, and implications for present-day crustal deformation within Tibet”, in Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, volume 40, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 943–957
Origin
- Tibetanའདམ་གཞུང
- EnglishDamxung
From Tibetan འདམ་གཞུང ('dam gzhung).
More words from Tibetan
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Chinese Cantonese 當雄 /当雄
- 當雄 /当雄county
Chinese Mandarin 當雄 /当雄
- 當雄 /当雄 (Dāngxióng)county
Cite this entry
Damxung. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Damxung
“Damxung.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Damxung. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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