Zêkog

Proper noun

Zêkog

1. A county of Huangnan, Qinghai, China.
   • On the hill behind the Hor Monastery in Zekog County, Huangnan stand four large stone sutra walls. Known as the Hor Sutra Stone Walls, they are the largest of their kind in China.[2006, “Mani Stones and Sutra Walls”, in Qinghai — Sourceland of Three Great Rivers [青海: 神圣三江源] (Panoramic China [全景中国]), Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 256-257
   • China’s official Xinhua news agency said the herdsman set himself alight late on Friday in the northwest province of Qinghai.
     It quoted local authorities as saying that the 26-year-old, identified as Dazheng, set himself ablaze in the village of Dageri in Zekog County.[2012 November 24, “Tibetan self-immolates in northwest China”, in South China Morning Post, sourced from Agence France-Presse in Beijing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2021...