Cona County

Cona County 错那县 • མཚོ་སྣ་རྫོང་།
County
Location of Cona County (red) within Shannan Prefecture (yellow) and the Tibet A.R.
Tsona Dzong Location of the seat in the Tibet A.R.
Coordinates: 27°59′19″N 91°57′31″E / 27.98861°N 91.95861°E / 27.98861; 91.95861
Country	People's Republic of China
Autonomous region	Tibet
Prefecture-level city	Shannan
Seat	Tsona Dzong
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Map including part of Cona (labeled as TS'O-NA-TSUNG (TS'O-NA)) (DMA, 1974)

Cona County (Tibetan: མཚོ་སྣ་རྫོང་, Wylie: mtsho sna rdzong, ZYPY: Cona Zong; simplified Chinese: 错那县; traditional Chinese: 錯那縣; pinyin: Cuònà Xiàn) is a county in Shannan perfecture in southern part of Tibet Autonomous Region in People's Republic of China. This county lies immediate north of disputed India-Tibet border demarcated by the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

The county is covered by valley of river which is a tributary of Tawang Chu.

Tsona Dzong (a historical fortress), the main town and the headquarters of the Cona County, is on the bank of Tsona Chu. It is 34 km north of LAC (Bum La Pass).^[1] Earlier Tsona Dzong was connected to the Indian-administered Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh via an 80-km-route via the Bum La and Milakatong La passes.

See also[]

• Administrative divisions of China
• List of prefectures in China
• List of counties in China

References[]

External links[]

• Cona County Annals
• Cona County marked on OpenStreetMap

Coordinates: 27°59′19″N 91°57′31″E / 27.98861°N 91.95861°E / 27.98861; 91.95861

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