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Zhanang County

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Country
  
China

Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Local time
  
Monday 1:49 AM

Province
  
Tibet

Prefecture-level city
  
Shannan(Lhokha)

Area
  
2,142 km²

Population
  
35,278 (2000)

Zhanang County

Weather
  
-7°C, Wind W at 6 km/h, 61% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Samye, Mindrolling Monastery, Drathang Gön

Zhanang County or Dranang County, (Tibetan: གྲ་ནང་རྫོང་ Wylie gra nang rdzong; Chinese: 扎囊县; Pinyin: Zhānáng Xiàn) is a county of Shannan (Lhokha) in the Tibet Autonomous Region. The capital town of county is Dratang town, with monastery named Dratang.

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Map of Chatang, Shannan, Tibet, China

n Dranang County is Samye Monastery, the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet and many other monasteries as Mindrolling Monastery. Dranang County is separated into north part and south part by Yarlung Tsangpo River. In 2015 was finished bridge near Dratang Town which connects northern and southern part of the county. Until 2015 there were regular raft for transportation of people or small goods.

Demographics

As of 2000 it had a population of 35,278.

References

Zhanang County Wikipedia