Dabpa

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proper noun

Synonym of Daocheng: the Tibetan-derived name.

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proper noun
  1. Synonym of Daocheng: the Tibetan-derived name.

    Dabpa county is a mountainous region in the south of Puborgang.

    2004, Gyurme Dorje, Footprint Tibet (Footprint Travel Guides), 3rd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 456
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    Dabpa county lies on the S bank of the Shuiluo he, a tributary of the Yangtze which rises in Puborgang and flows S to join the Yangtze at the N tip of its bend on the present day Sichuan-Yunnan border.

    1996 January, “Eastern Tibet”, in Gyurme Dorje, editor, Tibet Handbook: with Bhutan, Passport Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 498, column 1

    DAOCHENG (DABPA) 稻城 0836 / pop 7000 / elev 3800m The county town of Daocheng (Dabpa in Tibetan) is mainly a jumping-off point for Yading Nature Reserve (right).

    2008, Bradley Mayhew, Tibet, 7th edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 277

    With the stakes so high, fungus collection frequently turns to a rush that pits nomads against their neighbors. Last July in Dabba County, an ethnically Tibetan part of Sichuan province, a dispute over picking rights sparked an armed clash between neighboring encampments that left six people dead and 110 injured.

    [2008 July 9, Mara Hvistendahl, “Future of Popular Chinese Herbal Medicine Up in the Air”, in Scientific American

    In an announcement on May 2 for police recruitment in Dabpa County People’s Court in Kardze Prefecture, it said that “those who have received or are receiving subsidies from illegal overseas fund organizations” are disqualified in addition to the aforementioned clauses in the case of Lithang. In Dec 2019, the announcement made in Lhoka had a reference to Tibetans that hindered employment if the individual “or family members have illegally entered or exited the country.” This announcement unlike others made in Lithang and Dabpa had a section on “political review” of recruits and a reference to “Interim Provisions on the Assessment and Political Review of the Recruitment of People’s Police by Public Security Organs” issued by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security.

    2020 June 15, Choekyi Lhamo, “Systemic discrimination for Tibetans involved in “separatist activities””, in Phayul.com, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2020

    Synonyms: Daocheng

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proper nounSynonym of Daocheng: the Tibetan-derived name.

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Origin

  1. Tibetanའདབ་པ
  2. EnglishDabpa

From Tibetan འདབ་པ ('dab pa).

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Dabpa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dabpa

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“Dabpa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dabpa. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dabpa,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dabpa.

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