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Yanshiping, Tibet

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Country
  
China

County
  
Amdo County

Elevation
  
4,720 m

Province
  
Qinghai

Region
  
Tibet

Time zone
  
+8

Local time
  
Monday 1:15 PM

Prefecture
  
Nagqu Prefecture

Yanshiping, Tibet

Weather
  
-1°C, Wind W at 29 km/h, 15% Humidity

Yanshiping, also Yan Shi (Chinese: 雁石坪镇) is a small town in the southwestern Qinghai, China. But it is under the jurisdiction of Amdo County in the Nagqu Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region. At an elevation of 4,720 metres (15,490 ft), it is one of the highest year-round settlements in the world. The principal economic activity is animal husbandry.

Contents

Map of Yanshipingzhen, Golmud, Haixi, Qinghai, China

Administrative divisions

The township-level division contains seven village committees and one neighborhood which are as follows:

  • Yanshiping Neighborhood (雁石坪居委会)
  • Zhukouma Village (朱扣玛村)
  • Naqianma Village (那前玛村)
  • Bumadai Village (布玛代村)
  • Menlie Sangma Village (门列桑玛村)
  • Longyama Village (龙亚玛村)
  • Oubudong Village (欧布东村)
  • Buka Rida Village (布卡日达村)
  • References

    Yanshiping, Tibet Wikipedia