| Mainling | |
| Settlement Type: | County-level city |
| Pushpin Map: | Tibet#China |
| Pushpin Label: | Mainling |
| 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: | Nyingchi |
| Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
| Seat: | Mainling |
| Area Total Km2: | 9,490 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 26176 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| Coordinates: | 29.6°N 94.202°W |
| C: | 米林市 |
| P: | Mǐlín Shì |
| Tib: | སྨན་གླིང་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། |
| Wylie: | sman gling grong khyer |
| Zwpy: | Mainling Chongkyêr |
Mainling (; ;), formerly Mainling County, is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Nyingchi in eastern Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Mainling is located in the central-west of the Nyingtri Prefecture, at the middle reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, and between the Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains and the Himalayan Mountains. It de jure covers an area of 9,490 square kilometres, including the area claimed but de facto under control of the Arunachal Pradesh, India. The average altitude is 3,700 metres above sea level.
The mine resources of the city are gold dust, plaster, limestone, chromium and iron, etc.
The main economy style in Mainling is farming and forest industry. The main species of the trees are fir, spruce, pine, oak, and cypress, etc. The total cumulation volume of woods is 40 million cubic metres. The special fruit productions are apples, apple pears, walnuts and peaches.
Nyingchi Mainling Airport is located in Mainling.
In 1999 the city had a population of 17347 inhabitants.[2]
The city is home to the Lhoba people.
Mainling contains 3 towns, 4 townships, and 1 ethnic township.
| Name | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towns | |||||||
| Mainling Town | Chinese: 米林镇 | ||||||
| Pé Town | Chinese: 派镇 | ||||||
| Orong Town | Chinese: 卧龙镇 | ||||||
| Townships | |||||||
| Tamnyen Township | Chinese: 丹娘乡 | ||||||
| Tashi Rabten Township | Chinese: 扎西绕登乡 | ||||||
| Nelung Township | Chinese: 里龙乡 | ||||||
| Chanak Township | Chinese: 羌纳乡 | ||||||
| Ethnic township | |||||||
| Naiyü Lhoba Ethnic Township | Chinese: 南伊珞巴族乡 | ||||||
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