Meanings
- A county of Yushu, Qinghai, China.
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Tenzin Sherab (pictured) was the oldest of five siblings from a village in Chumarleb (Chinese: Qumarleb/Qumalai), Yushu (Kyegu) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (the Tibetan area of Kham). According to exile Tibetan sources, his nomad family had been resettled to Chumarleb under the Chinese authorities’ policies of settlement, land confiscation, and fencing of pastoral areas inhabited by Tibetans, dramatically curtailing their livelihoods.
[2013 May 29, “Tibetan nomad self-immolates and dies in Yushu”, in International Campaign for Tibet, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2013
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 曲麻萊 /曲麻莱
- 曲麻萊 /曲麻莱county
Chinese Mandarin 曲麻萊 /曲麻莱
- 曲麻萊 /曲麻莱 (Qūmálái)county
Cite this entry
Qumarlêb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Qumarl%C3%AAb
“Qumarlêb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Qumarl%C3%AAb. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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