Xainza Explained

not to be confused with Naktsang Town in the Haa District of southwestern Bhutan

Xainza
Translit Lang1 Type:Tibetan
Translit Lang1 Info:ཤན་རྩ་རྫོང
Translit Lang1 Info1:shan rtsa rdzong
Translit Lang1 Type2:pronunciation in IPA
Translit Lang1 Info3:Xainza
Translit Lang1 Type4:THDL
Translit Lang1 Info4:Shentsa
Translit Lang1 Type5:other transcriptions
Translit Lang2 Type:Traditional
Translit Lang2 Info:申扎镇
Translit Lang2 Info1:申扎县
Translit Lang2 Info2:Shēnzhā Xiàn
Translit Lang2 Info6:-->
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:China Tibet
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Tibet
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Tibet
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture
Subdivision Name2:Nagqu Prefecture
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Xainza County
Area Total Km2:2146
Population As Of:2004
Population Total:17000
Population Blank1 Title:Major Nationalities
Population Blank1:Tibetan
Population Blank2 Title:Regional dialect
Population Blank2:Tibetan language
Timezone:+8
Coordinates:30.9347°N 88.7047°W

Xainza (also Naktsang,[1] Xainza Town or Shantsa) is a town and township-level administrative unit and seat of Shentsa County or Xainza County, Nagqu Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

It covers an area of 2146 square kilometres and in 2004 had a total population of about 17,000.[2] The township was established by the Chinese in 1961. The main occupation is animal husbandry, mainly yak, goat and sheep rearing.[3]

Villages

The township-level division contains the following settlements:[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Dorje (2009), p. 397.
  2. Web site: Xainza Town. CCGuide.cn. 31 March 2012.
  3. Web site: http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http://www.hudong.com/wiki/%25E7%2594%25B3%25E6%2589%258E%25E9%2595%2587&usg=ALkJrhin5bzr8qRMnwd10SfztkSwhAumEw. zh:申扎镇 . Hudong Encyclopedia. 31 March 2012. zh.