Coqên County
Coqên County Overview
Chinese Name: 措勤县 English IPA: Cuoqin Xian Location: located on the border in the south-west of the country Population (city): 13200(2013) Language: Tibetan language Zip code: Tel code: Time zone:
Coqen County is located in Ngari Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is located on the border in the south-west of the country and 1079 kilometers from Lhasa. The geographical coordinates are latitude 30, 51, -31, 00, and longitude 85, 09, -85, 19′. With an average elevation of over 4700 meters, it is one of the few high altitude counties. Coqen county is rich in livestock products, and it is one of the pure livestock husbandry counties in Tibet.
Highlights
• Zharinanmucuo Lake(扎日南木措): as the highest altitude Lake in Ngari, it’s also one of the largest lakes in Tibet autonomous region. It covers 1024 square kilometers and the basin area is 16430 square kilometers.
•Mendong Temple(门东寺): it’s located Mendong village, 2 kilometers from the county to the North. Built in nineteenth Century, it covers an area of 14800 square meters. There are 18 monks and 1100 pieces of cultural relics.
•Buddhist Nun Temple(尼姑寺): Also called “Sanglin Temple”, it’s located Mendong village, 5 kilometers from the county to the North. Built in nineteenth Century , it covers an area of 2600 square meters and the construction area of 550 square meters. By the way, it’s a sub Temple of Mendong Temple.
•Bianlalakang(边拉拉康): It’s located in Jarao village, about 119 kilometers from the county seat to the East. Built in 1805, it has exquisite murals and exquisite statues of Buddha statues for tourist appreciate.
•Snowy Landscape of Xiagang River(夏岗江雪景): Xiagang River Snow Mountain is located in the north of Coqen County and 80 kilometers away from county seat. With the high altitude of 5000-6500 meters above the sea level, the highest peak even is 6822 meters. The best time to take pictures is in summer and fall.
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Coqên County Attractions
Coqen County is a county in Ngari Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region of China. There are lots of attractive sights for tourists to have a wonderful trip. •Zharinanmucuo Lake(扎日南木措): as the highest altitude Lake in Ngari, it's also one of the largest lakes in Tibet autonomous region. It covers 1024 square kilometers and the basin area is 16430 square kilometers. •Mendong Temple(门东寺): it's located Mendong village, 2 kilometers from the county to the North. Built in nineteenth Century, it covers an area of 14800 square meters. There [...]
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Coqên County Tours
Coqen county is rich in livestock products, and it is one of the pure livestock husbandry counties in Tibet. Tourists can experience a wonderful countryside trip. We provide some types of tour packages for visiting Ngari Coqen County including these famous attractions at the best price: • Zharinanmucuo Lake(扎日南木措): as the highest altitude Lake in Ngari, it's also one of the largest lakes in Tibet autonomous region. It covers 1024 square kilometers and the basin area is 16430 square kilometers. •Mendong Temple(门东寺): it's located Mendong village, [...]
Climate & When to Go
Climate & When to Go With an average elevation of over 4700 meters, Coqen County is one of the few high altitude counties. Coqen county is abundant in sunshine. It's cold in winter and spring. The annual maximum temperature is +25.0 degrees centigrade, and the minimum temperature is -34.0 centigrade during the year. The best period travel in Coqen is summer and fall. [...]
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Transportation
Transportation Naqu District 206 line runs through the Cuoqin County. There are Xinjiang Tibet highway in the south and the District Lane 301 line in the north. The highway traffic system is perfect, visitors can choose self driving tour in Coqen County. There are 724.2 km from Ngari to Coqen County and it will spend 17 hours for driving. Tourist can travel to Ngari by air firstly and then transfer to Coqen County by long-distance bus, which is the major choice. [...]
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Festivals and Activities
The best known festival in Ngari Coqen County is Horse Racing Festival. Thousands of farmers and herdsmen dressed in colorful costumes, bring highland barley wine, yogurt and beautiful patterns kadians riding horse from all sides to court. The Horse Racing festival is very famous in this area. According to legend, Horse Race festival has more than one thousand years of history. It is accompanied by farming and produce, so this festival is not regarded as a kind of physical activity, but as [...]
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Travel Tips
There are some useful tips for tourists get a better tour in Coqen County: •The Best Travel Time: summer and autumn •Avoid High Altitude Sickness: because of the high altitudes climatic conditions of Coqen County, visitors should pay attention to the prevention and cure of the syndromes including headache, dizziness, flustered, shortness of breath, the plateau response, especially people who have chronic respiratory disease or cardiovascular disease. In addition, bring enough water or drinks, fruits and snacks with high caloric content, like chocolate for [...]
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Useful Maps
These maps are about Ngari Coqen County, including location maps, region maps, tourist maps, attractions maps, and transportation maps. [...]
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Coqên County Accommodation
We chose the hotel with best quality and economical price. Here we provide some suggested hotels in Coqen County to provide visitors a better and more convenient trip. • Ngari Lake Hotel(阿里望湖宾馆): located in Wenbunan Village, Coqen County, Ngari. • Coqen Plateau Impression(措勤高原印象酒店): located in the intersection of Guangxi Road and S206 Provincial Road of Coqen County. • Ngari Coqen Hotel(阿里措勤大酒店): located in the Guangxi Road of Coqen County. [...]
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