Golok
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Golok (Tib. མགོ་ལོག, Wyl. mgo log) is an area of East Tibet, near the upper reaches of the Yellow River (Ma Chu in Tibetan, Huang He in Chinese), in present-day Qinghai Province.
Divisions
Until the 1950s, Golok was mainly divided into three main districts: Akyong Bum, Wangchen Bum and Padma Bum, to which were culturally added other areas, like Serta, Dzachuka. Nowaways, the historical Golok region has been divided in the following way:[1]
Qinghai
Counties belonging to the Golok Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture:
Sichuan
Counties belonging to the Kardzé Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture:
County belonging to the Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture:
Notes
- ↑ Emeric Yeshe Dorje, The History of the Düdjom Tersar Lineage, “Golok”, forthcoming.