page_title: Doilungdêqên District
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Doilungdêqên District / Economy
context_page_description: Doilungdêqên District is a district in Lhasa, north-west of the main center of Chengguan, Tibet Autonomous Region. It is largely agricultural or pastoral, but contains the western suburbs of the city of Lhasa. The Duilong River runs southeast through the district to the Lhasa River. A prehistoric site appears to be 3600–3000 years old. The district is home to the Tsurphu Monastery and the 17th century Nechung monastery.
context_section_description: Until the 1980s almost all of the rural residents farmed and raised livestock. After reform and an open policy were adopted, growing numbers began to move into industry, construction, transport, commerce and more skilled occupations.
  In the mid-1980s many local factories and processing plants were built at the village level, but most of them failed to survive.
  The construction force grew in the 1980s to meet demand for "43 engineering projects" in Lhasa, and construction remained an important source of employment in the late 1990s. 
  At the same time, inefficient traditional farming and herding practices were replaced by more modern techniques.
  The economy is still dominated by agriculture. Vegetable production is an important industry in Donggar.
  Other agricultural products include wheat, spring wheat, barley, peas, beans and potatoes. Livestock includes zaks, sheep, goats and poultry.
  The main mineral resources are coal, iron, clay, lead and zinc.
caption: Nomad camp above Tsurphu Gompa in 1993
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