Comai County

Comai County
措美县མཚོ་སྨད་རྫོང་།
County

Location of Comai County (red) in Shannan City (yellow) and the Tibet A.R.
Comai
Location of the seat in the Tibet A.R.
Coordinates: 28°26′18″N 91°26′01″E / 28.4382°N 91.4335°E / 28.4382; 91.4335Coordinates: 28°26′18″N 91°26′01″E / 28.4382°N 91.4335°E / 28.4382; 91.4335
Country People's Republic of China
Autonomous region Tibet
Prefecture-level city Shannan
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)

Comai County (Tibetan: མཚོ་སྨད་རྫོང་།, Wylie: mtsho smad rdzong, ZYPY: Comai Zong , Chinese: 措美县; pinyin: Cuòměi Xiàn) is a county of Shannan located in the south-east of the Tibet Autonomous Region,

Comai County is famous for its Tibetan Mastiffs and known as the home of Tibetan Mastiff.

Tibetan Mastiff is 24-28 inches tall (at shoulder) and weighs 140-180 pounds. The dog is commonly found wearing a red yak's-hair collar.

Monasteries

  • Nahuoqie Monastery
  • Cijie Monastery
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