Nang County Explained

Nang County
Settlement Type:County
Pushpin Map:Tibet#China
Pushpin Label:Nang
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the seat in Tibet
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous region
Subdivision Name1:Tibet
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Nyingchi
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:Nang
Area Total Km2:4,120
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:17648
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8
Coordinates:29.2944°N 93.375°W
Order:st
S:朗县
T:朗縣
P:Lǎng Xiàn
Tib:སྣང་རྫོང་།
Wylie:snang rdzong
Zwpy:Nang Zong

Nang County (;) is a county under the jurisdiction of Nyingtri City in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Geography

Nang is located in the south-west of Nyingtri, at the middle and lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River. The county de jure covers an area of 4,120 square kilometres, including the area claimed but de facto under control of the Arunachal Pradesh, India. The average altitude is 5,000 metres above sea level.

Administrative divisions

Nang County contains 3 towns and 3 townships.

NameChineseHanyu PinyinTibetanWylie
Towns
Nang TownChinese: 朗镇
Dromda TownChinese: 仲达镇
Dungkar TownChinese: 洞嘎镇
Townships
Latok TownshipChinese: 拉多乡
Kyemtong TownshipChinese: 金东乡
Dem TownshipChinese: 登木乡

* includes areas claimed but currently under control of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 林芝市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报 . Government of Nyingchi . zh . 2021-06-17 .