Jaggang

Jaggang, also written Chakgang or Jiagang, is a village in Rutog County, Ngari Prefecture, in the Tibet region of China. It sits on a wide plain at a junction in the Maga Zangbo valley where several tributary streams join the river, and it is traditionally known for barley cultivation. A monthly fair there once drew traders from Ladakh and Lahul. The village lies beside the disputed Demchok sector of the Sino-Indian border and was a base for Chinese military operations in the 1962 war, so it is often presented in official media as a key border village. Between 2014 and 2018 a model village was built at nearby Jibajiawu as part of Jiagang Cun, and the 11th Panchen Lama visited in July 2019. The village had 723 residents in 2018 and a collective economy based on manufacturing, border trade, nurseries and husbandry.