Nedong, Shannan Explained

Nêdong
Settlement Type:District
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:Shannan (Lhoka)
Seat Type:District seat
Seat:Tsetang Subdistrict
Area Total Km2:2184.98
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:81608
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+08:00
Coordinates:29.22°N 91.78°W
Order:st
S:乃东区
T:乃東區
P:Nǎidōng Qū
Tib:སྣེ་གདོང་ཆུས།
Wylie:sne gdong chus
Zwpy:Nêdong Qü

Nêdong District (;) is a district of Shannan in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Tradruk Temple, an important early Buddhist monastery dating to the reign of Songtsen Gampo, is located in the Yarlung Valley in Nêdong as is Yungbulakang Palace.

Administrative divisions

Nêdong District contains 1 subdistrict, 1 town and 5 townships.

NameChineseHanyu PinyinTibetanWylie
Subdistrict
Tsetang SubdistrictChinese: 泽当街道
Town
Thradrug TownChinese: 昌珠镇
Townships
Yadoi TownshipChinese: 亚堆乡
Sodruk TownshipChinese: 索珠乡
Dopozhang TownshipChinese: 多颇章乡
Kerpa TownshipChinese: 结巴乡
Pozhang TownshipChinese: 颇章乡

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 山南市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报 . Statistics Bureau of Lhoka . zh . 2021-06-24 .