Sangri County | |
Settlement Type: | County |
Pushpin Map: | Tibet#China |
Pushpin Label: | Sangri |
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: | Shannan (Lhokha) |
Seat Type: | County seat |
Seat: | Sangri |
Area Total Km2: | 2,632.18 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 18041 |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Sangri County government |
Coordinates: | 29.2594°N 92.0177°W |
Order: | st |
S: | 桑日县 |
T: | 桑日縣 |
P: | Sāngrì Xiàn |
Tib: | ཟངས་རི་རྫོང་། |
Wylie: | zangs ri rdzong |
Zwpy: | Sangri Zong |
Sangri County (;) is a county of Shannan in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.[2]
It is home to Wolkha Cholung Monastery, founded as a hermitage in 1393 by Tsongkhapa.[3] [4]
Sangri County contains 1 town and 3 townships.
Name | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie |
---|---|---|---|---|
Town | ||||
Sangri Town | Chinese: 桑日镇 | |||
Townships | ||||
Zingqi Township | Chinese: 增期乡 | |||
Bötö Township | Chinese: 白堆乡 | |||
Rong Township | Chinese: 绒乡 | |||