"Medog", means "flower" in Tibetan.

Medog County is located in the southeast of the Tibet Autonomous Region and at the lower branch of Yarlung Zangbo River. Medog County has a population of 9,200, and covers an area of 30,553 square kilometres. The average altitude of the county is 1200 metres above sea level.

The Medog National Animal and Plant Reserve Area is in the county. It has more than 3,000 species of plants, 42 species of rare wild animals that under special State protection, and over a thousand of hexapod species.

Farming is the main industry in Medog County. It is abundant with paddy, soybean, cotton and gingeli, etc. Hairy deerhorn, gastrodia tuber, muskiness, and hedgehog hydnum, etc. are special products of the area.

Most people live in the county are of Moinba ethnic minority and Lhoba ethnic group.