Dzongka[1] (Tibetan: རྫོང་དགའ, Wylie: rdzong dga', THL: dzong ga) or Zongga (Chinese: 宗嘎镇; pinyin: Zōnggá Zhèn)[2] is a town and the administrative headquarters of Gyirong County[3] in the southwestern Tibet region of China bordering Nepal.

[8][9][10] The walled fortification of the town is said to have been built by a king named Chen Lhamchok De (gcen lha-mchog lde), often called Dolé.

[12][13][10][a] The entire Ngari region, which was originally part of the Zhangzhung kingdom, was conquered by Central Tibet around 645 AD.

[14][12][b] In the 8th century, Indian Buddhist preachers such as Padmasambhava and Śāntarakṣita visited Tibet using the route through Nepal and Gungthang.

Milarepa spent a good part of his life at Drakar Taso ("eagle's nest"), a hermitage on the border between Gungthang and Mangyul.

[9][15] In the late 12th century, a Gungthang princess was sent to Sakya as the third consort of Zangtsa Sonam Gyeltsen (zangs tsha bsod nams rgyal mtshan).