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Gongtang Township

Coordinates: 30°31′04″N 90°45′56″E / 30.51778°N 90.76556°E / 30.51778; 90.76556
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Gongtang
Township
Tibetan transcription(s)
 • Tibetanཀོང་ཐང།
 • Wylie transliterationkong thang
Chinese transcription(s)
 • Traditional公塘乡
 • PinyinGōngtáng Xiāng
Damxung County scenery
Damxung County scenery
Gongtang is located in Tibet
Gongtang
Gongtang
Coordinates: 30°31′04″N 90°45′56″E / 30.51778°N 90.76556°E / 30.51778; 90.76556
CountryChina
ProvinceTibet Autonomous Region
PrefectureLhasa Prefecture
CountyDamxung County
Population
 (2003)
 • Total4,800
Time zoneUTC+8 (CST)

Gongtang (simplified Chinese: 公塘乡; traditional Chinese: 公塘鄉; pinyin: Gōngtáng Xiāng; Standard Tibetan: ཀོང་ཐང། ) is a township in Damxung County in the Lhasa Prefecture of Tibet, China. Established in 1960, in 1970 it became a township. It has a population of around 4800 and contains four village committees. The economy is based on animal husbandry, mainly shepherding goats, sheep, cattle and horses.[1]

Damxung Airport

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Lhasa's first airport, Dancing Airport, was located just north of Gongtang from 1955 to 1965. After moving to Lhasa Gonggar Airport, the old airport site was partially occupied by a racetrack. All remaining infrastructure was removed with only footprint of runway present.

References

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  1. ^ "2011 Zoning codes and urban-rural division codes for statistics: Gongtang Township" (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2011.[dead link][permanent dead link]