Xigazê Prefecture
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Xigazê (Chinese: 日喀则 Rìkāzé) is a prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region
in China
.
The administrative center of the prefecture is the city of Shigatse
(Xigazê).
Some of the towns in the prefecture: Tingri (Tingri County
), Nyalam (Nyalam County
).
The prefecture is roughly located within the historical Tsang Province of the old Tibet.
Tibet Autonomous Region
The Tibet Autonomous Region , Tibet or Xizang for short, also called the Xizang Autonomous Region is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China , created in 1965....
in China
China
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.
The administrative center of the prefecture is the city of Shigatse
Shigatse
Shigatse is a county-level city and the second largest city in Tibet Autonomous Region , People's Republic of China, with a population of 92000, about southwest of Lhasa and northwest of Gyantse...
(Xigazê).
Some of the towns in the prefecture: Tingri (Tingri County
Tingri County
Tingri County or Dhringgri County , is a county of the Xigazê Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region.The county comprises the upper valley of the Bum-chu or Arun River, with the valleys of its tributaries plus the valleys of the Rongshar Tsangpo and the Lapchi Gang Tsanpo which flow south into...
), Nyalam (Nyalam County
Nyalam County
Nyalam County is a county in Tibet's Xigazê Prefecture. It borders on Nepal.The land area of the county is 7,903 square km. The population as of 2003 was 10,000. The postal code for the county is 858300.The county seat is in Nyalam Town....
).
The prefecture is roughly located within the historical Tsang Province of the old Tibet.
Counties
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Population (2003 est.) | Area (km²) | Density (/km²) |
| 1 | Xigazê City | 日喀则市 | Rìkāzé Shì | གཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། | gzhis ka rtse grong khyer | 90,000 | 3,654 | 25 |
| 2 | Namling County Namling County Namling County is a county of the Xigazê Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region.... |
南木林县 | Nánmùlín Xiàn | རྣམ་གླིང་རྫོང་ | rnam gling rdzong | 70,000 | 8,113 | 9 |
| 3 | Gyangzê County Gyangzê County Gyangzê County or Gyantse County is a county of the Xigazê Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region. Its main town is Gyangzê Town known for its monasteries.... |
江孜县 | Jiāngzī Xiàn | རྒྱལ་རྩེ་རྫོང་ | rgyal rtse rdzong | 60,000 | 3,859 | 16 |
| 4 | Tingri County Tingri County Tingri County or Dhringgri County , is a county of the Xigazê Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region.The county comprises the upper valley of the Bum-chu or Arun River, with the valleys of its tributaries plus the valleys of the Rongshar Tsangpo and the Lapchi Gang Tsanpo which flow south into... |
定日县 | Dìngrì Xiàn | དིང་རི་རྫོང་ | ding ri rdzong | 50,000 | 13,859 | 4 |
| 5 | Sa'gya County Sa'gya County Sa'gya County is a county of the Xigazê Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region.- Transport :*... |
萨迦县 | Sàjiā Xiàn | ས་སྐྱ་རྫོང་ | sa skya rdzong | 40,000 | 7,510 | 5 |
| 6 | Lhazê County Lhazê County Lhazê County is a county of the Xigazê Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region.Lhaze County, altitude 4,010 meters, has a population of some 50,000 and is about 200 kilometers from Mount Qommolangma . It is among the most impoverished counties in China.-References:... |
拉孜县 | Lāzī Xiàn | ལྷ་རྩེ་རྫོང་ | lha rtse rdzong | 50,000 | 4,505 | 11 |
| 7 | Ngamring County Ngamring County Ngamring County is a county of the Xigazê Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region. The office place of the county is located in Kagar .- Transport :*China National Highway 219... |
昂仁县 | Ángrén Xiàn | ངམ་རིང་རྫོང་ | ngam ring rdzong | 50,000 | 20,105 | 2 |
| 8 | Xaitongmoin County Xaitongmoin County Xaitongmoin County is a county of the Xigazê Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region.-Towns and villages:*Thongmon*Dêlêg... |
谢通门县 | Xiètōngmén Xiàn | བཞད་མཐོང་སྨོན་རྫོང་ | bzhad mthong smon rdzong | 40,000 | 13,960 | 3 |
| 9 | Bainang County Bainang County Bainang County is a county of the Xigazê Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region.... |
白朗县 | Báilǎng Xiàn | པ་སྣམ་རྫོང་ | pa snam rdzong | 40,000 | 2,806 | 14 |
| 10 | Rinbung County Rinbung County Rinbung County is a county at the northeastern boundary of the Xigazê Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region.-Settlements:*Ramba... |
仁布县 | Rénbù Xiàn | རིན་སྤུངས་རྫོང་ | rin spungs rdzong | 30,000 | 2,123 | 14 |
| 11 | Kangmar County Kangmar County Kangmar County is a county of the Xigazê Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region. Gala Co lake is located in Kangmar County.... |
康马县 | Kāngmǎ Xiàn | ཁང་དམར་རྫོང་ | khang dmar rdzong | 20,000 | 6,165 | 3 |
| 12 | Dinggyê County Dinggyê County Dinggyê County or Tingche County is a county of the Xigazê Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region. Jin Co and Duolo Co are located in this county.-See also:*Dinggyê... |
定结县 | Dìngjié Xiàn | གདིང་སྐྱེས་རྫོང་ | gding skyes rdzong | 20,000 | 5,816 | 3 |
| 13 | Zhongba County Zhongba County Zhongba County is a county of the Xigazê Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region. It is the largest county in the region of Xigaze, and is located in western Tibet.... |
仲巴县 | Zhòngbā Xiàn | འབྲོང་པ་རྫོང་ | 'brong pa rdzong | 10,000 | 43,594 | 0 |
| 14 | Yadong County Yadong County Chomo County is a frontier county and trade-market of Tibet, situated in the mouth of the Chumbi valley near the Indian frontier. It lies in the middle part of Himalayas and the south of Tibet Autonomous Region, covering about 4,306 square kilometers with a population of 10,000... |
亚东县 | Yàdōng Xiàn | གྲོ་མོ་རྫོང་ | gro mo rdzong | 10,000 | 4,306 | 2 |
| 15 | Gyirong County Gyirong County sKyid-grong is a former district in the south-west of Tibet and is from 1960 onwards a county of the newly established gZhis-ka rtse prefecture of the newly established Tibet Autonomous Region... |
吉隆县 | Jílóng Xiàn | སྐྱིད་གྲོང་རྫོང་ | skyid grong rdzong | 10,000 | 9,009 | 1 |
| 16 | Nyalam County Nyalam County Nyalam County is a county in Tibet's Xigazê Prefecture. It borders on Nepal.The land area of the county is 7,903 square km. The population as of 2003 was 10,000. The postal code for the county is 858300.The county seat is in Nyalam Town.... |
聂拉木县 | Nièlāmù Xiàn | གཉའ་ལམ་རྫོང་ | gnya' lam rdzong | 10,000 | 7,903 | 1 |
| 17 | Saga County Saga County Saga County is a county of the Xigazê Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region.- Transport :*China National Highway 219... |
萨嘎县 | Sàgā Xiàn | ས་དགའ་རྫོང་ | sa dga' rdzong | 10,000 | 12,411 | 1 |
| 18 | Gamba County Gamba County Gamba County is a county of the Xigazê Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region. The capital lies at Gamba or Kamba which has a noted military facility.... |
岗巴县 | Gá'ěr Xiàn | གམ་པ་རྫོང་ | gam pa rdzong | 10,000 | 3,936 | 3 |