Biru County

Biru County (Tibetan: འབྲི་རུ་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 比如县) is the most populated county within Nagqu of the Tibet Autonomous Region. The name means "female yak". Either of the following pronunciations can be considered correct in Standard Tibetan: [bìru] ~ [pìru] (conventionally written Biru in English) or [ɖìru] ~ [ʈìru] (conventionally Driru).

Biru County
比如县 • འབྲི་རུ་རྫོང་།
County
Location of Biru County (red) within Nagqu City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region
Location of Biru County (red) within Nagqu City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region
Biru is located in Tibet
Biru
Biru
Location of the seat in Tibet Autonomous Region
Coordinates: 31°46′39″N 93°33′00″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityNagqu
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Biru County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese比如县
Traditional Chinese比如縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanའབྲི་རུ་རྫོང་།

Geography

Diru/Driru/ Biru lies in the southwest part of the former province of Kham. To its east is Chamdo and to its west Nagchu. Diru/Driru/Biru is located on the Gyalmo Ngulchu River (upper part of Salween River). Diru is bordered by Sog county སོག་རྫོང་། to the northwest and the extreme east of Palbar (Banbar County) དཔལ་འབར་རྫོང་, is also surrounded by Lhari county ལྷ་རི་རྫོང་/ to the south, and extreme north to the Nagchu county.

Sepu Kangri is located in the county.

Climate
Climate data for Biru (1981−2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 2.0
(35.6)		 3.9
(39.0)		 7.7
(45.9)		 11.7
(53.1)		 15.7
(60.3)		 18.7
(65.7)		 20.3
(68.5)		 20.2
(68.4)		 17.7
(63.9)		 12.8
(55.0)		 7.1
(44.8)		 3.5
(38.3)		 11.8
(53.2)
Average low °C (°F) −13.7
(7.3)		 −10.8
(12.6)		 −6.4
(20.5)		 −2.5
(27.5)		 1.5
(34.7)		 5.5
(41.9)		 7.0
(44.6)		 6.5
(43.7)		 4.2
(39.6)		 −1.2
(29.8)		 −8.3
(17.1)		 −12.8
(9.0)		 −2.6
(27.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 6.1
(0.24)		 6.5
(0.26)		 9.3
(0.37)		 16.1
(0.63)		 60.1
(2.37)		 133.1
(5.24)		 122.2
(4.81)		 108.4
(4.27)		 89.8
(3.54)		 31.5
(1.24)		 4.9
(0.19)		 3.8
(0.15)		 591.8
(23.31)
Source: National Meteorological Center of CMA[1]

Demographics

At the 2009 PRC census, the county's population was 60,179, of whom:

Name of group Number Percentage
Tibetans 59,824 99.21%
Han 313 0.69%
Bai 11 0.02%
Uyghurs 9 0.02%
Others 22 0.05%
  • Biru Town from southbank of Gyalmo Ngulchu
    Biru Town from southbank of Gyalmo Ngulchu
  • Biru Town from the hill to the north
    Biru Town from the hill to the north
  • Tsachu/Caqu village
    Tsachu/Caqu village
  • A meander of the river in Biru from the north bank
    A meander of the river in Biru from the north bank
  • Same meander of the river from the south bank
    Same meander of the river from the south bank
  • View of a meander from the top
    View of a meander from the top
  • Sepu Kangri
    Sepu Kangri
  • A monastery stupa in Biru
    A monastery stupa in Biru
  • The Biru Skull Wall, a local funerary practice
    The Biru Skull Wall, a local funerary practice

References
  1. 1981年-2010年（比如）月平均气温和降水 (in Simplified Chinese). National Meteorological Center of CMA. Retrieved 25 November 2022.


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