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.
The county is divided into 1 town and 13 townships:
Name | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie |
---|---|---|---|---|
Town | ||||
Nyima Town | Chinese: 尼玛镇 | |||
Townships | ||||
Dro'nyin Township | Chinese: 卓尼乡 | |||
Targo Township | Chinese: 达果乡 | |||
Aso Township | Chinese: 阿索乡 | |||
Rongma Township | Chinese: 荣玛乡 | |||
Drongtsang Township | Chinese: 中仓乡 | |||
Latö Township | Chinese: 来多乡 | |||
Sin'ya Township | Chinese: 申亚乡 | |||
Drowa Township | Chinese: 卓瓦乡 | |||
Ngochu Township | Chinese: 俄久乡 | |||
Ombu Township | Chinese: 文布乡 | |||
Gyagok Township | Chinese: 甲谷乡 | |||
Kyungtsang Township | Chinese: 军仓乡 | |||
Kyelwa Township | Chinese: 吉瓦乡 | |||