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Comai County

County in Tibet, China

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Comai County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese措美县
Traditional Chinese措美縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinCuòměi Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanམཚོ་སྨད་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wyliemtsho smad rdzong
Tibetan PinyinComai Zong

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 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.

01Administrative divisions

Comai County contains 2 towns and 2 townships.

Name Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie
Towns
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
Townships
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
Trigu Tsho (1954)
Trigu Tsho (1954)
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