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Mamba, Tibet

Mamba
Township
Tibetan transcription(s)
Chinese transcription(s)
 • Traditional 门巴乡
View from Drigung Monastery
Mamba is located in Tibet
Mamba
Mamba
Coordinates: 30°06′12″N 92°12′54″E / 30.10333°N 92.21500°E / 30.10333; 92.21500Coordinates: 30°06′12″N 92°12′54″E / 30.10333°N 92.21500°E / 30.10333; 92.21500
Country China
Province Tibet Autonomous Region
Prefecture Lhasa Prefecture
County Maizhokunggar County
Area
 • Total 822 km2 (317 sq mi)
Population
 • Total 2,900
Time zone CST (UTC+8)

Mamba (门巴乡) is a small town and township-level division in Lhasa prefecture-level city in Maizhokunggar County in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Administratively it is divided into six village-level divisional units, and the township covers an area of 822 square kilometres (317 sq mi), with a population of about 2,900. Animal husbandry, with the rearing of yak, sheep, goats, and agriculture, with the principal crops being barley, wheat, and canola, is predominant. Geologically, Late Triassic granitoids in the area are mainly "exposed in a fault uplift in the Gangdise tectonic belt". The township is home to Drigung Monastery.


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