Nyima County (Tibetan: ཉི་མ་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 尼玛县) is the westernmost county-level division under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Nagqu, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The northern part of the county is within the Changtang area.

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Nyima County 尼玛县 • ཉི་མ་རྫོང་།
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Location of Nyima County (pale green, #9AFF00) in Nagqu
Nyima Location of the seat in the Tibet AR Show map of Tibet Nyima Nyima (China) Show map of China
Coordinates (Nyima County government): 31°47′05″N 87°14′12″E
Country	China
Autonomous region	Tibet
Prefecture-level city	Nagqu
County seat	Nyima
Area
• Total	72,532.12 km2 (28,004.81 sq mi)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	33,006
• Density	0.46/km2 (1.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	www.nqnmx.gov.cn

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With an area of 62,349 km² (24,073 sq mi) and a population of 33,006 (2020), it has an average population density of approximately 0.53 people per square kilometre.

It is situated in the central-northern part of the Tibetan Plateau, between Nagqu's Shuanghu County to the east and Ngari's Gêrzê County to the west.

The county is divided into 1 town and 13 townships:

• Location of Nyima County within Tibet (outdated map, shows the situation in 2007, before the establishment of Shuanghu County in 2012)
• Map including part of southern Nyima County (ATC, 1970)