Mamba (Chinese: 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.[citation needed] Geologically, Late Triassic granitoids in the area are mainly "exposed in a fault uplift in the Gangdise tectonic belt".[1] The township is home to Drigung Monastery.

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; 92.21500
CountryChina
ProvinceTibet Autonomous Region
PrefectureLhasa Prefecture
CountyMaizhokunggar County
Area
 • Total822 km2 (317 sq mi)
Population
 • Total2,900
Time zoneUTC+8 (CST)

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  1. ^ 地質通報. 中國學術期刊 (光盤版) 電子雜誌社. 2005. p. 235.