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Mêdog County, (Tibetan: ཀོང་པོ་རྒྱ་མདའ་རྫོང་ Wylie me tog rdzong; Chinese: 墨脱县; Pinyin: Mòtuō Xiàn) is a county of the Nyingtri Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region of People's Republic of China. Its southern part is now actually occupied by India and the border dispute between China and India has not been settled yet.

Geography

Medog County or ( Metok )is located in the southeast of the Tibet Autonomous Region and at the lower branch of Yarlung Zangbo River. Medog County covers an area of 30,553 square kilometres. The average altitude of the county is 1200 metres above sea level.Metok county is also called Pemako.

Economy and wildlife

Farming is the main industry in Medog County. It is abundant with paddy, soybean, cotton and gingeli, etc. Hairy deerhorn, gastrodia tuber, muskiness, and hedgehog hydnum, etc. are special products of the area.

The Medog National Animal and Plant Reserve Area is in the county. It has more than 3,000 species of plants, 42 species of rare wild animals that under special State protection, and over a thousand of hexapod species.

Demography

Medog county has a population of 9,200, and most people who live in the county are of Monpa ethnic minority and Lhoba ethnic group, This place is also called Pemako and it is one of Tibet's sacred place.People here call themselve pemakopa and speak Tsangla language closely related to that of sharchokpas in eastern Bhutan.They practice Nyingma tradition of tibetan buddhism.

v t e Nyingchi
District	Bayi
Counties	Pome Gongbo'gyamda Mainling Mêdog Zayul Nang
Towns and villages	Alamdo Bayi Bamda Tsawarong Chuka Chubarong Chubalung Gartog Gohaling Gunwa Goyul Dombang Kamsa Oibab Puqu Puzang Qizhong Qoidên Rawu Xia Lingka Tramog
Geography	Ba River Nyang River Pagsum Lake Yiong Tsangpo Tongmai Special Bridge
Culture	Red Building of the Zamu Central County Committee Lieshan Cemetery Yigong General's Building
Sciences & Business	Central Tibet Networking Project Tibet Cheezheng Tibetan Medicine

29°29′N 95°30′E / 29.483°N 95.500°E / 29.483; 95.500

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