Baingoin County Explained

Baingoin County
Other Name:Bangor
Settlement Type:County
Pushpin Map:Tibet#China
Pushpin Label:Baingoin
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the seat in the Tibet Autonomous Region
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous region
Subdivision Name1:Tibet
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Nagqu
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:Phukpa
Area Total Km2:28,383
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:39309
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8
Coordinates:31.3924°N 90.01°W
Tib:དཔལ་མགོན་རྫོང་།
Wylie:dpal mgon rdzong
Zwpy:Baingoin Zong
Order:st
S:班戈县
T:班戈縣
P:Bāngé Xiàn
J:baan1gwo1 jyun2

Baingoin County (;), formerly Namru Dzong, is a county within Nagqu of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Baingoin County got the name from the Baingoin Co (Bangor Co) which is a lake in center of the county. The county lies between lakes Namtso and Siling.

Administrative divisions

The county is divided into 4 towns and 6 townships:

NameChineseHanyu PinyinTibetanWylielocation
Towns
Phukpa TownChinese: 普保镇31.4°N 90°W
Bella TownChinese: 北拉镇31.4°N 90.8°W
Dechen TownChinese: 德庆镇30.5°N 90.1°W
Jakhyung TownChinese: 佳琼镇31.6°N 90.6°W
Townships
Nyima TownshipChinese: 尼玛乡31.1°N 91°W
Boqê TownshipChinese: 保吉乡31°N 90.2°W
Qinglung TownshipChinese: 青龙乡31.2°N 90.6°W
Machen TownshipChinese: 马前乡31.6°N 90.2°W
Mentang Township
(Mentang Raktsek)
Chinese: 门当乡31.4°N 89.7°W
Xênkyêr TownshipChinese: 新吉乡30.6°N 89.8°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 那曲市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报 . Statistics Bureau of Nagqu . zh . 2021-07-09 .