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Dolpo ((チベット語:དོལ་པོ) ) is a high-altitude culturally Tibetan region in the upper part of the Dolpa District of western Nepal, bordered in the north by the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.〔.〕 Part of the region lies in Shey Phoksundo National Park. The sparse, agro-pastoral population, known as Dolpo in standard Tibetan and ''Dhol-wa'' in the local dialect, is connected to the rest of Nepal via Jufal airport, which can be reached in three days by horse.〔 There are no precise population numbers for the region, with estimates including less than 5,000〔 and 18,000〔 The Dolpo are generally adherents of Bon, a religion whose origins predate Buddhism but whose modern form is officially accepted as a fifth school of Tibetan Buddhism. The remote region has preserved its Tibetan culture in relatively pure form, making it attractive to Westerners. Dolpa was the location for the 1999 Oscar-nominated film ''Himalaya'' and more recently for the German documentary Dolpo Tulku. In spite of the near inaccessibility of the region and tourism restrictions for the more remote parts, Dolpa is a popular destination for trekking tourism. ==Geography== Dolpo is geologically part of the sedimentary Tibetan-Tethys zone. It is surrounded by Himalayan mountain chains including the Dhaulagiri (). These cloud barriers cause a semi-arid climate, with reported annual precipitations of less than .〔 The region is historically divided into four valleys: Tsharka ("good growing-place"), Tarap ("auspicious excellent"), Panzang ("abode of monks"), and Nangkhong ("innermost place").〔 They constitute four of the seven village development committees (VDCs) that were created in 1975.〔 The valleys south of the watershed drain into the Bheri River. The VDCs in this area are (roughly from east to west): * Chharka (Tsharka Valley) * Mukot * Dho (Tarap Valley) * Phoksundo. The northern valleys between the watershed and Tibet drain westward by the ''Langu River'', a tributary of the Karnali River via the ''Mugu Karnali''. The VDCs in this area are: * Tinje (Panzang Valley) * Saldang (Nangkhong Valley) * Bhijer.〔(Map of Nepal – Dolpa District ).〕 Dolpo can be roughly divided into four valleys, each of which is represented since 1975 by a village development committee (VDC): Dho (Tarap Valley), Saldang (Nankhong Valley, the most populous〔), Tinje (Panzang Valley), and Chharka (Tsharka Valley).〔 There are also smaller VDCs at Bhijer, Mukot and Phoksundo.〔(Discover Dolpa Region - Great Himalayan Trail ).〕 Agriculture is possible at heights of (villages of Shimen Panzang Valley and Chharka, respectively) but often requires irrigation.〔 Apart from barley, crops include buckwheat, millet, mustard, wheat, potatoes, radishes,〔 and spinach. Similar to transhumance in the Alps, the population migrates between villages and high-lying () summer pastures, in a lifestyle referred to as ''samadrok'' (roughly "farming nomads").〔 Dolpo makes up the greatest part of the area of the Dolpa District, but the district's population is concentrated in the lower southern parts, where also most of the VDCs are located. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dolpo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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