Gyaidar

Gyaidar
Township
Tibetan transcription(s)
  Tibetan རྒྱས་དར།།
  Wylie transliteration rgyas dar
Chinese transcription(s)
  Traditional 格达乡
  Pinyin Gédá Xiāng
Gyaidar
Coordinates: 30°31′04″N 90°45′46″E / 30.51778°N 90.76278°E / 30.51778; 90.76278Coordinates: 30°31′04″N 90°45′46″E / 30.51778°N 90.76278°E / 30.51778; 90.76278
Country China
Province Tibet Autonomous Region
Prefecture Lhasa Prefecture
County Damxung County
Time zone CST (UTC+8)

Gyaidar is a town and township in Damxung County in the Lhasa Prefecture of Tibet, China. The township was affected by the February 5th Damxung earthquake in February 2009.[1]Herdsmen of 151 households in Yangyi village, in Gyaidar Township had to evacuate their homes. The government has given each household a subsidiary of 30,000 yuan, in addition to 1,500 yuan per capita to rebuild the houses destroyed or severely damaged by the disaster.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Post-quake reconstruction to begin in Damxun". Tibet News. April 8, 2009. Retrieved December 5, 2009.


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