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་།
County
Location of Nyainrong County (red) within Nagqu City (yellow) and the Tibet AR
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(s)+(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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