Nyima County Explained

Nyima County
Settlement Type:County
Pushpin Map:Tibet#China
Pushpin Label:Nyima
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the seat in the Tibet AR
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous region
Subdivision Name1:Tibet
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Nagqu
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:Nyima
Area Total Km2:72,532.12
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:33006
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8
Coor Pinpoint:Nyima County government
Coordinates:31.7847°N 87.2368°W
Tib:ཉི་མ་རྫོང་།
Wylie:nyi ma rdzong
Zwpy:Nyima Zong
Order:st
S:尼玛县
T:尼玛縣
P:Nímǎ Xiàn

Nyima County (;) is the westernmost county-level division under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Nagqu, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The northern part of the county is within the Changtang area.

With an area of 62349km2 and a population of 33,006 (2020), it has an average population density of approximately 0.53 people per square kilometre.

It is situated in the central-northern part of the Tibetan Plateau, between Nagqu's Shuanghu County to the east and Ngari's Gêrzê County to the west.

Administrative divisions

The county is divided into 1 town and 13 townships:

NameChineseHanyu PinyinTibetanWylie
Town
Nyima TownChinese: 尼玛镇
Townships
Dro'nyin TownshipChinese: 卓尼乡
Targo TownshipChinese: 达果乡
Aso TownshipChinese: 阿索乡
Rongma TownshipChinese: 荣玛乡
Drongtsang TownshipChinese: 中仓乡
Latö TownshipChinese: 来多乡
Sin'ya TownshipChinese: 申亚乡
Drowa TownshipChinese: 卓瓦乡
Ngochu TownshipChinese: 俄久乡
Ombu TownshipChinese: 文布乡
Gyagok TownshipChinese: 甲谷乡
Kyungtsang TownshipChinese: 军仓乡
Kyelwa TownshipChinese: 吉瓦乡

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 那曲市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报 . Statistics Bureau of Nagqu . zh . 2021-07-09 .