Kongpo () is a region of central-eastern Tibet, centered in modern

Gongbo'gyamda County Gongbo'gyamda County (; ) is a county of Nyingchi (or Nyingtri) City in the Tibet Autonomous Region, lying approximately east of Lhasa at its central point. Its main geographical feature is Basum Tso, a green lake about above sea level. Histo ...

Nyingchi Prefecture Nyingchi (), also known as Linzhi and as Nyingtri, is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China. The administrative seat of Nyingchi is Bayi District. Nyingchi is the location of Buchu Monastery. Econom ...

. It is situated on the

Nyang River The Nyang River (; ; also transliterated as Niyang or Nanpan) is a major river in south-west Tibet and the second largest tributary of the Yarlung Tsangpo River by discharge. The Nyang has a length of 307.5 km and originates at 5,000 meters ...

, a northern tributary of the

Yarlung Tsangpo River The Yarlung Tsangpo, also called Yarlung Zangbo () is the upper stream of the Brahmaputra River located in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is the longest river of Tibet and the fifth longest in China. The upper section is also called D ...

. Kongpo Drula Gonpa is the oldest and largest monastery in the region, founded by Khenchen Dawa Sangpo in 14th century. Kongpo Drula Khenchen is the highest Lama of Kongpo. Kongpo was an area of southeastern

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in the premodern period. Tsagong was one of the holy places of Kongpo and still is.

Thang Tong Gyalpo Thangtong Gyalpo () (1385 CE–1464 CE or 1361 CE–1485 CE), also known as Chakzampa, the "Iron Bridge Maker" (), Tsöndrü Zangpo "Excellent Persistence" (), and the King of the Empty Plain.Sarah Harding. Niguma, Lady of Illusion. Snow L ...

, a famous architect and

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, founded Manmogang Monastery, where the original

Samding Dorje Phagmo The Samding Dorje Phagmo () is the highest female incarnation in Tibet''The Power-places of Central Tibet: The Pilgrim's Guide'', (1988) p. 268. Keith Dowman. . and the third highest-ranking person in the hierarchy after the Dalai Lama and the Pa ...

died. Nearby are the mines from which Thang Tong Gyalpo obtained the iron for some of his bridges. Old Tsari is now part of the modern country in the southeast of the

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and including parts of neighboring areas of

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, and New Tsari is located farther east.Diemberger, page 51

Notable people

* Sonam Dolma Brauen (born 1953), Tibetan-Swiss Contemporary painter and sculptor

Sources

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