Sa'gya County Explained

Sa'gya County
Settlement Type:County
Pushpin Map:Tibet#China
Pushpin Label:Sa'gya
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:Sa'gya
Area Total Km2:5,748.81
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:48766
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8
Coor Pinpoint:Sa'gya County government
Coordinates:28.8997°N 88.0217°W
Tib:ས་སྐྱ་རྫོང་།
Zwpy:Sa'gya Zong
Wylie:sa skya rdzong
Order:st
S:萨迦县
T:薩迦縣
P:Sàjiā Xiàn

Sa'gya County (;) is a county under the prefecture-level city of Xigazê in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.[2]

The county is named after Sakya Monastery, home of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism.[3]

Administration divisions

Sa'gya County is divided into 2 towns and 9 townships.

NameChineseHanyu PinyinTibetanWylie
Towns
Sa'gya TownChinese: 萨迦镇
Gêding TownChinese: 吉定镇
Townships
Xungmai TownshipChinese: 雄麦乡
Maja TownshipChinese: 麻布加乡
Zhungma TownshipChinese: 雄玛乡
Tashigang TownshipChinese: 扎西岗乡
Chagjug TownshipChinese: 扯休乡
Së TownshipChinese: 赛乡
Lalho TownshipChinese: 拉洛乡
Drag'rong TownshipChinese: 查荣乡
Molha TownshipChinese: 木拉乡

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.
  3. Book: 中国藏式建筑艺术 . 四川人民出版社 . 附中英文对照目录 . 1998 . 978-7-220-04185-3 . zh . 2024-03-07 . 39.