The average elevation of Mangkang County is more than 4,300 meters, and Lawu Mountain is 4,338 meters. Mangkang, which means "beautiful and magical land" in Tibetan, is the eastern gate of Tibet and the first city where the Tea-Horse Ancient Road, the Second Silk Road, entered Tibet. Mangkang county is famous for its outstanding people, rich natural resources and fertile soil, and is known as "the small south of the Yangtze River in eastern Tibet".

The slogan of Mangkang County's external publicity is "Beautiful Tibet, Good Miao Village and Mangkang". Mangkang county plays an important role in the hearts of tourists in Tibet, mainly because it is the intersection of Yunnan-Tibet line 2 14 and Sichuan-Tibet line 3 18. Whether from Sichuan or Yunnan, you have to go through Mangkang. Mangkang was the first county to enter Tibet.