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(Redirected from Lang County) County in Tibet, China
Nang County 朗县 • སྣང་རྫོང་།
County
Location of Nang County (red) within Nyingchi City (yellow) and TibetLocation of Nang County (red) within Nyingchi City (yellow) and Tibet
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Coordinates: 29°17′40″N 93°22′30″E / 29.29444°N 93.37500°E / 29.29444; 93.37500
CountryChina
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityNyingchi
County seatNang
Area
 • Total4,120 km (1,590 sq mi)
Population
 • Total17,648
 • Density4.3/km (11/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.langxian.gov.cn
Nang County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese朗县
Traditional Chinese朗縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLǎng Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanསྣང་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wyliesnang rdzong
Tibetan PinyinNang Zong

Nang County (Tibetan: སྣང་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 朗县) is a county under the jurisdiction of Nyingtri City in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Geography

Nang is located in the south-west of Nyingtri, at the middle and lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River. The county de jure covers an area of 4,120 square kilometres, including the area claimed but de facto under control of the Arunachal Pradesh, India. The average altitude is 5,000 metres above sea level.

Administrative divisions

Nang County contains 3 towns and 3 townships.

Name Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie
Towns
Nang Town 朗镇 Lǎng zhèn སྣང་གྲོང་རྡལ། snang grong rdal
Dromda Town 仲达镇 Zhòngdá zhèn སྒྲོམ་མདའ་གྲོང་རྡལ། sgrom mda' grong rdal
Dungkar Town 洞嘎镇 Dònggā zhèn དུང་དཀར་གྲོང་རྡལ། dung dkar grong rdal
Townships
Latok Township 拉多乡 Lāduō xiāng ལ་ཐོག་ཤང་། la thog shang
Kyemtong Township 金东乡 Jīndōng xiāng སྐྱེམས་སྟོང་ཤང་། skyem stong shang
Dem Township 登木乡 Dēngmù xiāng ལྡེམ་ཤང་། ldem shang

* includes areas claimed but currently under control of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

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References

  1. "林芝市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Government of Nyingchi. 2021-06-17.

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** Southern portions of these counties are claimed by the People's Republic of China as part of the South Tibet area, but are administered by India.
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