Saga County Explained

Saga County
Other Name:Saka
Settlement Type:County
Pushpin Map:Tibet#China
Pushpin Label:Saga
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:Xigazê
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:Gya'gya (Saga)
Area Total Km2:12,418.87
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:16220
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8
Coor Pinpoint:Saga County government
Coordinates:29.328°N 85.233°W
Tib:ས་དགའ་རྫོང་།
Wylie:sa dga' rdzong
Zwpy:Saga Zong
Order:st
S:萨嘎县
T:薩嘎縣
P:Sàgā Xiàn

Saga County (;) is a county of the prefecture-level city of Xigazê in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, bordering Nepal to the west and southwest.[2]

Dajia Lake and Jiesa Lake lies in the county.

Administration divisions

Saga County is divided into 1 town and 7 townships.

NameChineseHanyu PinyinTibetanWylie
Town
Gya'gya Town
(Saga)
Chinese: 加加镇
Townships
Changgo TownshipChinese: 昌果乡
Xungru TownshipChinese: 雄如乡
Lhagcang TownshipChinese: 拉藏乡
Ru'gyog TownshipChinese: 如角乡
Targyailing TownshipChinese: 达吉岭乡
Dênggar TownshipChinese: 旦嘎乡
Xarru TownshipChinese: 夏如乡

Transport

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 日喀则市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报 . Government of Xigazê . zh . 2021-07-20 .
  2. Book: Croddy, E. . China’s Provinces and Populations: A Chronological and Geographical Survey . Springer International Publishing . 2022 . 978-3-031-09165-0 . 2024-03-07 . 698.