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District in Tibet, China
Nêdong 乃东区 • སྣེ་གདོང་ཆུས།
District
Yungbulakang PalaceYungbulakang Palace
Location of Nêdong (red) within Shannan City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous RegionLocation of Nêdong (red) within Shannan City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region
Nêdong is located in TibetNêdongNêdongLocation in TibetShow map of TibetNêdong is located in ChinaNêdongNêdongNêdong (China)Show map of China
Coordinates: 29°13′12″N 91°46′48″E / 29.22000°N 91.78000°E / 29.22000; 91.78000
CountryChina
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityShannan (Lhoka)
District seatTsetang Subdistrict
Area
 • Total2,184.98 km (843.63 sq mi)
Population
 • Total81,608
 • Density37/km (97/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+08:00 (China Standard)
Websitewww.naidong.gov.cn
Nedong, Shannan
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese乃东区
Traditional Chinese乃東區
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNǎidōng Qū
Tibetan name
Tibetanསྣེ་གདོང་ཆུས།
Transcriptions
Wyliesne gdong chus
Tibetan PinyinNêdong Qü

Nêdong District (Tibetan: སྣེ་གདོང་ཆུས།; Chinese: 乃东区) is a district of Shannan in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Tradruk Temple, an important early Buddhist monastery dating to the reign of Songtsen Gampo, is located in the Yarlung Valley in Nêdong as is Yungbulakang Palace.

Administrative divisions

Nêdong District contains 1 subdistrict, 1 town and 5 townships.

Name Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie
Subdistrict
Tsetang Subdistrict 泽当街道 Zédāng Jiēdào རྩེད་ཐང་ཁྲོམ་ལམ་། rtsed thang khrom lam
Town
Thradrug Town 昌珠镇 Chāngzhū zhèn ཁྲ་འབྲུག་གྲོང་རྡལ། khra 'brug grong rdal
Townships
Yadoi Township 亚堆乡 Yàduī xiāng ཡ་སྟོད་ཤང་། ya stod shang
Sodruk Township 索珠乡 Suǒzhū xiāng སོ་དྲུག་ཤང་། so drug shang
Dopozhang Township 多颇章乡 Duōpōzhāng xiāng རྡོ་ཕོ་བྲང་ཤང་། sdo pho brang shang
Kerpa Township 结巴乡 Jiébā xiāng སྐར་པ་ཤང་། skar pa shang
Pozhang Township 颇章乡 Pōzhāng xiāng པོ་བྲང་ཤང་། pho brang shang

Climate

Climate data for Shannan (Nedong District, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 20.5
(68.9)
20.6
(69.1)
25.0
(77.0)
26.5
(79.7)
28.7
(83.7)
30.0
(86.0)
30.3
(86.5)
28.5
(83.3)
27.1
(80.8)
24.5
(76.1)
22.5
(72.5)
19.3
(66.7)
30.3
(86.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 9.3
(48.7)
10.8
(51.4)
14.2
(57.6)
17.2
(63.0)
20.7
(69.3)
23.9
(75.0)
23.6
(74.5)
22.7
(72.9)
21.5
(70.7)
18.4
(65.1)
13.7
(56.7)
10.3
(50.5)
17.2
(63.0)
Daily mean °C (°F) 0.8
(33.4)
3.1
(37.6)
6.7
(44.1)
9.5
(49.1)
13.2
(55.8)
16.5
(61.7)
16.5
(61.7)
15.9
(60.6)
14.5
(58.1)
10.4
(50.7)
4.8
(40.6)
1.0
(33.8)
9.4
(48.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −6.7
(19.9)
−4.2
(24.4)
−0.3
(31.5)
2.9
(37.2)
6.8
(44.2)
10.6
(51.1)
11.6
(52.9)
11.2
(52.2)
9.4
(48.9)
4.0
(39.2)
−2.1
(28.2)
−6.2
(20.8)
3.1
(37.5)
Record low °C (°F) −18.2
(−0.8)
−13.3
(8.1)
−10.1
(13.8)
−6.8
(19.8)
−2.6
(27.3)
0.7
(33.3)
5.8
(42.4)
4.5
(40.1)
−0.7
(30.7)
−6.1
(21.0)
−11.2
(11.8)
−14.8
(5.4)
−18.2
(−0.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 0.6
(0.02)
1.5
(0.06)
4.9
(0.19)
14.4
(0.57)
30.0
(1.18)
52.4
(2.06)
122.4
(4.82)
113
(4.4)
53.7
(2.11)
8.5
(0.33)
1.2
(0.05)
0.5
(0.02)
403.1
(15.81)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 0.5 1.2 3.1 6.4 9.3 13.5 19.9 18.6 12.4 3.3 0.7 0.3 89.2
Average snowy days 1.4 2.6 6.3 5.2 1.0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1.4 0.6 19.5
Average relative humidity (%) 28 27 32 40 44 51 61 62 58 44 33 31 43
Mean monthly sunshine hours 230.2 220.5 250.8 255.9 269.9 248.3 213.8 223.0 231.7 264.2 244.3 237.8 2,890.4
Percent possible sunshine 71 69 67 66 64 59 50 55 63 75 77 75 66
Source: China Meteorological Administration

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References

  1. "山南市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Statistics Bureau of Lhoka. 2021-06-24.
  2. 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  3. 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
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