Nyirixung Township Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xz/20313.html . zh:桑珠孜区概况地图沿革. xzqh.org. 14 May 2015. zh-cn.
  2. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2019/54/23/01/542301201.html . zh:2019年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:聂日雄乡 . National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China.