Zhag'yab County Explained

Zhag'yab County
Settlement Type:County
Pushpin Map:Tibet#China
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Tibet
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous region
Subdivision Name1:Tibet
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Chamdo
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:Yêndum
Area Total Km2:8,255.59
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:57065
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8
Coordinates:30.656°N 97.567°W
Tib:བྲག་གཡབ་རྫོང་།
Wylie:brag g.yab rdzong
Zwpy:Zhag'yab Zong
Order:st
S:察雅县
T:察雅縣
P:Cháyǎ Xiàn

Zhag'yab County (;), also spelled Dragyab,[2] Chagyab, Draya,[3] and Chaya, is a county of the Chamdo Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Administrative divisions

Zhag'yab County is divided in 3 towns and 10 townships.

NameChineseHanyu PinyinTibetanWylie
Towns
Yêndum TownChinese: 烟多镇
Jamdün TownChinese: 香堆镇
Gyithang TownChinese: 吉塘镇
Townships
Zangsar TownshipChinese: 宗沙乡
Kargong TownshipChinese: 卡贡乡
Rangzhub TownshipChinese: 荣周乡
Pelri TownshipChinese: 巴日乡
Acur TownshipChinese: 阿孜乡
Wakhar TownshipChinese: 王卡乡
Shingka TownshipChinese: 新卡乡
Khentang TownshipChinese: 肯通乡
Korra TownshipChinese: 扩达乡
Cala Township
(Calamdo)
Chinese: 察拉乡

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 昌都市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报 . Government of Chamdo . zh . 2021-06-22 .
  2. https://archive.org/details/ldpd_14410760_001/page/n147/mode/2up?view=theater Tibet 2002: A Year Book
  3. Book: Mehra, Parshotam . The McMahon Line and After: A Study of the Triangular Contest on India's North-eastern Frontier Between Britain, China and Tibet, 1904-47 . Macmillan . 1974 . 9780333157374 . 67-68 . . archive.org.