Amdo County (; zh, s=安多县) is a county within Nagqu of the

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. The county covers an area of 43,410.85 square kilometres and is dominated by mainly by Tibetan

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. In 2000 it had a population of 32,843 . Its capital is Amdo Town, north of

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. It contains the Amdo railway station on the new railway from

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. There is a major rail depot west of the town. Cona Lake lies to the southwest of the town of Amdo.

Administrative divisions

Amdo county contains the following 4 towns and 9 townships:

Climate

Transportation

Amdo railway station offers a train operated once every 2 days to Lhasa, Lanzhou and Xining respectively. National highway G109 also passes downtown Amdo county.

Gallery

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References

Counties of Tibet Nagqu Amdo {{Nagqu-geo-stub