Mêdog County
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Mêdog County 墨脱县 • མེ་ཏོག་རྫོང་། |
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.png) Location of Mêdog County within Tibet |
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 Mêdog County
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| Coordinates: 29°29′N 95°30′E / 29.483°N 95.500°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Tibet |
| Prefecture | Nyingchi Prefecture |
| County seat | Metog |
| Area | |
| • Total | 34,000 km2 (13,000 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,500-3,500 m (−10,000 ft) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 10,963 |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Mêdog, Metok, or Motuo County (Tibetan: མེ་ཏོག་རྫོང་,, Wylie: Metog Rdzong; simplified Chinese: 墨脱县; traditional Chinese: 墨脫縣; pinyin: Mòtuō Xiàn), also known as the Pemako (Tibetan: པདྨ་བཀོད་, Wylie: pad ma bkod, THL: Pémakö, ZYPY: Bämagö "Lotus Array", Chinese: 白马狗), is a county as well as a traditional region of the Nyingtri Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region of People's Republic of China. It further stretches across McMahon Line into neighboring Upper Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh; today one-third of historical Pemako - Lower Pemako - lies in Upper Siang district, which is claimed by China, what was casus belli for the 1962 Sino-Indian War.
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