[2] The fable narrated about this county is that the "first Tibetan was born to the fairy girl, Ruosa and her monkey lover".

[3][4] In recent history of the county, during the reform of the late 1950s, Gonggar County was the scene of armed rebellion between the Kamba rebels (under the banner of “four rivers and six mountain ranges”) and the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA); PLA troops were killed and their convoy of army vehicles ambushed here.

[5] Gonggar County is located in southern Tibet and has a total area of 2,283 square kilometres (881 sq mi).

Set in west to east direction, the county is a plateau land with an average altitude of 3,750 metres (12,300 ft).

[citation needed] The Gonggar County is situated at a location where Yarlung Tsangpo River is very wide.

The county is bounded by the Mount Chuwaru (held sacred in Tibet) opposite to Chusul, the Gompa La (4,794 kilometres (2,979 mi)) Pass to the south on the route to the sacred Yamdrok Lake in West Tibet, on the east to the limits of the Dal Valley on the south bank of the Brahmaputra and Dorje Monastery on the north bank.

Medicinal plants and products in the county are creeping cypress, opulus, ginseng fruits, snow lotus, Chinese caterpillar fungus, Fritillaria, musk and seabuckthorn.

The livestock are mainly yak, pianniu, cattle, goats, sheep, horses, donkeys, mules and pigs.

[10] As the cradle of ancient culture and its enviable position in the rich history of Tibet, Gonggar County has unique and rich historical monuments, Buddhist monastery, natural geological features such as lake and caves, scenic regions and religiously linked mountains.

The literal meaning of ‘Dorjezha’ is “Diamond Hill.” It was initially built on modest lines, on the right bank of the Yarlung River by a wealthy local man known as Doxie Dorje.

It maintains close interaction with the Choqin Monastery (Dêgê County in Sichuan province) also of the Nyigma sect and both follow the same teaching and practicing of Buddhist tenets.

[11][14] Bangdian" is an apron of China's Tibetan ethnic group with historic heritage of 1,500 years of hand weaving.