Nyainrong County

Nyainrong County (Tibetan: སྙན་རོང་རྫོང་།, Wylie: snyan rong rdzong, ZYPY: Nyainrong Zong; simplified Chinese: 聂荣县; traditional Chinese: 聶榮縣; pinyin: Nièróng Xiàn) is a small county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Nagqu, in the north of the Tibet Autonomous Region, bordering Qinghai province to the north. Yurla is a favourite of the people of the county.[1]

Nyainrong County
聂荣县སྙན་རོང་རྫོང་།
Location of Nyainrong County (red) within Nagqu City (yellow) and the Tibet AR
Location of Nyainrong County (red) within Nagqu City (yellow) and the Tibet AR
Nyainrong is located in Tibet
Nyainrong
Nyainrong
Location of the seat in the Tibet AR
Coordinates (Nyainrong government): 32°06′29″N 92°18′11″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityNagqu
SeatNyainrong
Area
  Total9,017 km2 (3,481 sq mi)
Elevation
4,700 m (15,400 ft)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code+(086)0896

References

  1. Li, Tao; Jiang, Hongying (2003). Tibetan customs. China Intercontinental Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-7-5085-0254-0. Retrieved 5 August 2011.


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