Comai County
County in Tibet, China
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Comai County (Tibetan: མཚོ་སྨད་རྫོང་།, Chinese: 措美县) is a county of Shannan located in the south-east of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Comai County
措美县 • མཚོ་སྨད་རྫོང་། | |
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.png) Location of Comai County (red) in Shannan City (yellow) and the Tibet A.R. | |
  Comai Location of the seat in Tibet  Comai Comai (China) | |
| Coordinates: 28°26′18″N 91°26′01″E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Tibet |
| Prefecture-level city | Shannan (Lhoka) |
| County seat | Comai |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,177.21 km2 (1,612.83 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 12,132 |
| • Density | 2.9043/km2 (7.5222/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 措美县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 措美縣 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | མཚོ་སྨད་རྫོང་། | ||||||
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Comai County is famous for its Tibetan Mastiffs and known as the home of Tibetan Mastiff.
Tibetan Mastiff is 24-28 inches tall (at shoulder) and weighs 140-180 pounds. The dog is commonly found wearing a red yak's-hair collar.
Administrative divisions
Comai County contains 2 towns and 2 townships.
| Name | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie |
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| Comai Town | 措美镇 | Cuòměi zhèn | མཚོ་སམད་གྲོང་རྡལ། | mtsho smad grong rdal |
| Drigu Town | 哲古镇 | Zhégǔ zhèn | གྲི་གུ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | gri gu grong rdal |
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| Naixi Township | 乃西乡 | Nǎixī xiāng | གནས་བཞི་ཤང་། | gnas bzhi shang |
| Godü Township | 古堆乡 | Gǔduī xiāng | སྒོ་བསྡུས་ཤང་། | sgo bsdus shang |
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