Zêkog

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Zêkog

1. A county of Huangnan, Qinghai, China.
   • 2006, “Mani Stones and Sutra Walls”, in Qinghai — Sourceland of Three Great Rivers [青海: 神圣三江源] (Panoramic China [全景中国])‎^[1], Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 256-257:

     On the hill behind the Hor Monastery in Zekog County, Huangnan stand four large stone sutra walls. Known as the Hor Sutra Stone Walls, they are the largest of their kind in China.

   • [2014 February 7, “Self-immolation of Tibetan father of two in Tsekhog”, in International Campaign for Tibet‎^[2], archived from the original on March 28, 2014‎^[3]:

     A Tibetan man in his late twenties called Phagmo Samdup set himself on fire on February 5 in Dokarmo town in Tsekhog (Chinese: Zeku) in Malho (Chinese: Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, the Tibetan area of Amdo, according to Tibetan sources. It is the first self-immolation of 2014, five years on from the first self-immolation in Tibet of Kirti monk Tapey in February, 2009.
     Phagmo Samdup set fire to himself at around 9.30 pm in the evening. It appears that not many people were outside to witness the self-immolation. Police on patrol extinguished the fire and took Phagmo Samdup away, and it is not known if he survived, Tibetan sources said, adding he had been taken to Tsekhog county town.]

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 澤庫／泽库 (zaak⁶ fu³)

  Mandarin: 澤庫／泽库 (zh) (Zékù)

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