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'''Mêdog County''', ([[Tibetan script|Tibetan]]: ཀོང་པོ་རྒྱ་མདའ་རྫོང་ [[Wylie transliteration|Wylie]] me tog rdzong) is a county of the [[Nyingtri Prefecture]] in the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]]. Its southern region is now actually occupied by [[India]] and the border problem between China and India has not been settled until now. |
'''Mêdog County''', ([[Tibetan script|Tibetan]]: ཀོང་པོ་རྒྱ་མདའ་རྫོང་ [[Wylie transliteration|Wylie]] me tog rdzong) is a county of the [[Nyingtri Prefecture]] in the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]]. Its southern region is now actually occupied by [[India]] and the border problem between China and India has not been settled until now. |
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Mêdog County, (Tibetan: ཀོང་པོ་རྒྱ་མདའ་རྫོང་ Wylie me tog rdzong) is a county of the Nyingtri Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region. Its southern region is now actually occupied by India and the border problem between China and India has not been settled until now.
Geography
Medog County is located in the southeast of the Tibet Autonomous Region and at the lower branch of Yarlung Zangbo River. Medog County covers an area of 30,553 square kilometres. The average altitude of the county is 1200 metres above sea level.
Economy and wildlife
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.
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.
Demography
Medog county has a population of 9,200, and most people who live in the county are of Monpa ethnic minority and Lhoba ethnic group,