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For the township of Shigatse, see Donggar, Shigatse. Subdistrict in Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Donggar
Subdistrict
གདོང་དཀར་
Tibetan transcription(s)
 • Tibetanགདོང་དཀར་
Chinese transcription(s)
 • Simplified  东嘎街道
Donggar is located in TibetDonggarDonggar
Coordinates: 29°38′58″N 90°59′38″E / 29.6495°N 90.994°E / 29.6495; 90.994
CountryChina
ProvinceTibet Autonomous Region
PrefectureLhasa Prefecture
DistrictDoilungdêqên District
Area
 • Subdistrict85 km (33 sq mi)
Population
 • Subdistrict9,359
 • Metro4,000
Time zoneUTC+8 (CST)

Donggar (Tibetan: གདོང་དཀར་; Chinese: 东嘎街道) is a subdistrict in Doilungdêqên District in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, northwest of Lhasa. It lies at an altitude of 3,828 metres (12,562 feet). The subdistrict has a population of about 4,000 people with 9,359 people in the township.

It lies approximately 17.8 miles south of Dobjoi and is near Cha'gyungoinba.

In 1962 Donggar became an administrative township, covering an area of 85 square kilometers. Donggar Township has three village committees and 17 villages. The economy is dominated by agriculture, animal husbandry with an area of 8,636 mu of cultivated land, including barley, wheat, rapeseed and vegetables. Livestock breeding includes yaks, sheep, goats, etc. China National Highway 318 runs through this territory.

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Township-level divisions of Lhasa
Chengguan
Doilungdêqên
Dagzê
Lhünzhub County
Damxung County
Nyêmo County
Qüxü County
Maizhokunggar County


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