Gyêgu Subdistrict
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Gyêgu Subdistrict, formerly a part of the Gyêgu or Jiegu town is a township-level division in Yushu, Yushu TAP, Qinghai, China. The name Gyêgu is still a common name for the Yushu city proper, which include Gyêgu subdistrict and three other subdistricts evolved from the former Gyêgu town. The four subdistricts altogether forms a modern town which developed from the old Tibetan trade mart called Jyekundo or Gyêgumdo in Tibetan and most Western sources. The town is also referred to as Yushu, synonymous with the prefecture of Yushu and the city of Yushu.
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Name
- Geography
- Significance as major trade mart
- History and traditional culture
- Monasticism
- Gyêgu Tibetan Khampa Festival
- 2010 earthquake
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Gyêgu Subdistrict, formerly a part of the Gyêgu or Jiegu town is a township-level division in Yushu, Yushu TAP, Qinghai, China. The name Gyêgu is still a common name for the Yushu city proper, which include Gyêgu subdistrict and three other subdistricts evolved from the former Gyêgu town. The four subdistricts altogether forms a modern town which developed from the old Tibetan trade mart called Jyekundo or Gyêgumdo in Tibetan and most Western sources. The town is also referred to as Yushu, synonymous with the prefecture of Yushu and the city of Yushu.
==Name== The present name Gyêgu (Jiegu) (; also spelled Jyegu) is derived from Gyêgudo (, ZWPY: Gyêgumdo, Wylie: skye dgu mdo or skye rgu mdo; ).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gyêgu Subdistrict” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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