Country China Time zone China Standard (UTC+8) Prefecture-level city Xigazê | Province Tibet Area 13,858 km² Capital Shelkar | |
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Yaks at the foot of mount everest tingri county shigatse
Tingri County or Dhringgri County (Tibetan: དིང་རི་རྫོང་, Wylie: ding ri rdzong; Chinese: 定日县; pinyin: Dìngrì Xiàn), is a county of Xigazê in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
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- Yaks at the foot of mount everest tingri county shigatse
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Map of Tingri, Xigaze, Tibet, China
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 Nepal. It is bordered on the south by the main range of the Himalayas including Mt. Everest (Tib. Chomolungma), Makalu and Cho Oyu. The present county administration is located at Shelkar, about 87 km (54 mi) east of Tingri (town).
It is one of the four counties that comprise the Qomolangma National Nature Preserve (Tingri, Dinjie, Nyalam, and Kyirong).
Towns and townships
Transport
References
Tingri County Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA