Nyarixung | |
Native Name: | · Chinese: 聂日雄乡 |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Pushpin Map: | China Tibet topography |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Tibet |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Name1: | Tibet |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Shigatse |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Samzhubzê |
Area Total Km2: | 555 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 5119 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Major Nationalities |
Population Blank1: | Tibetan |
Population Blank2 Title: | Regional dialect |
Population Blank2: | Tibetan language |
Timezone1: | China Standard |
Utc Offset1: | +8 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Coordinates: | 29.325°N 88.7914°W |
Nyarixung, also Nierixiong, is a township of Samzhubzê District (Shigatse City), in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. At the time of the 2010 census, the township had a population of 5,119 and an area of .[1], it had 16 villages under its administration.[2] The main village of Nyarixung lies by road to the northwest of the city of Shigatse, on the south bank of the Yarlung Tsangpo River.