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Home » Tibet Destinations Guide » Sog County

Sog County

Sog County, also known as “Sok County”, is a county in Nagqu City. “Sog” means “Mongolia” in Tibetan.

Sog County is located at the junction of northern Tibet plateau and the eastern Tibet’s alpine valleys . It is in the Suoqu River Basin on the upper reaches of the Nu River. It is one of the “Three East Counties” of Nagqu City.

It borders Dengqen County of Chamdo City to the east, Biru County and Banbar County of Chamdo City to the southwest, and Baqen County to the north. The county seat is Yala town with altitude of 3980 meters above sea level. Its total area is about 5600 square kilometers.

Most people in Sog County believe in Bon religon OR Ningma pa. Once after the Gelug pa took control of Tibet in early Qing Dynasty, the Gelug pa became the main religion in this county. Currently the most popular monastery in Sog is Zandan monastery which belongs to Gelug pa of Tibetan Buddhism

Best time to travel From June to September

Local climate Plateau sub-frigid monsoon climate

Most popular sites

Zandan Monastery is also known as “Tsanden Gompa”. it is built on the top of Yala mountain about 220 kilometers away from Nagqu City. The entire Zandan Monastery is of two parts, Red and White, which looks exactly like the Potala Palace from a distance. Zandan Monastery is the earliest Gelug pa monastery in northern Tibet and the largest ancient Buddhist building complex in northern Tibet. “Zandan” means “sandalwood”, originally referring to two rare sandalwood pillars in the hall. The Yala Township, west of Yala Mountain, where Zandan monastery is located, is the hometown of Zhumu, whom was concubine of Gesar King.

Yala Mountain is located in the north of Yala Town, west of Sog County. In ancient times, this mountain was a boundary mountain that divided the regions of U-tsang, Do-Kham, and Do-me.

Sog County Geography and climate

Sog County is located at the junction of the plateau of northern Tibet and the alpine valleys of eastern Tibet, belonging to the Southern Qiangtang Lake Basin. The terrain is dominated by mountains, the terrain is high in the west and low in the east, gradually sloping from west to east, with an average elevation of 3,572 meters. There are a few relatively open alpine grasslands in the west, and the rest are alpine valleys.

Sog County has more rain and snow, low temperature, sufficient sunshine, large daily temperature difference, and strong winds in winter and spring. The annual frost-free period is only about 40 days, the annual sunshine hours are 2477.2 hours, the annual precipitation is 572.9 mm, the annual average temperature is -2℃, the average temperature in January is -9.9℃, and the average temperature in July is 11.2℃.

Population and ethnicity

As of 2013, the total population of Sog County was 40,000, of which the Tibetans accounted for 87% of the total population. Other ethnic groups include Han, Hui, Mongolian, Miao and other ethnic minorities

Sog County Brief History

During Yuan Dynasty, it was called “Sok”.

In Ming Dynasty, it was successively attached to the Mongolian Tumote tribe, Ida Khan and Khalkha tribe, Quitu Khan.

In the 10th year of Emperor Chongzhen of Ming Dynasty (1637 AD), the area of Sog was under the jurisdiction of Gushi Khan of the Mongolian Heshuote tribe

During the period of the 5th Dalai Lama, Gushi Khan gifted Sog to the 5th Dalai Lama as his territory.

During Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty, The area of Sog was under the jurisdiction of the Qing Dynasty’s Minister office in Tibet.

In the 5th year of the Republic of China (1916), the Kashag regime in Tibet administers the area of Sog and established Sog Zong

In 1956, Sog Zong was under the jurisdiction of Dengqen county

In 1957, Sog Zong was revoked.

In 1959, The area of Sog was placed under the jurisdiction of Black River District.

In 1959, Sog County was established officially.

In 2017, Nagqu Prefecture was abolished, and Nagqu City was established; Sog County is under the jurisdiction of Nagqu City until now

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