Tingri_County

Tingri County

Tingri County

County in Tibet, China

Tingri County (Tibetan: དིང་རི་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 定日县) is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xigazê in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.[2]

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The county comprises the upper valley of the Bum-chu or Arun River, with the valleys of its tributaries, the valleys of the Rongshar Tsangpo and the Lapchi Gang Tsanpo which flow south into Nepal. It is bordered on the south by the main range of the Himalayas, including Mount Everest (Tib. Chomolungma), Makalu and Cho Oyu. The present county administration is located at Shelkar, about 87 km (54 mi) east of Tingri (town).[3]

Tingri is one of the four counties (the other three being Dinjie, Nyalam, and Kyirong) that comprise the Qomolangma National Nature Preserve,[4] a protected area spanning 3.381 million hectares.

Administration divisions

Tingri County is divided into 2 towns and 11 townships.

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Climate

More information Climate data for Tingri (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010), Month ...

Transport

  • Dampa Sangye, author of the Dingri One Hundred [7][8][9] and founder of Dingri Langkhor [10]
  • Machig Labdrön (1055-1149), student of Padampa Sanggye at Dingri Langkhor [11][10]
  • Map including Tingri (labelled as TINGRI DZONG) (1954)
  • Map including Tingri (T'ing-jih) (DMA, 1981)
  • Zhangton Chobar, Lamdre practitioner, b. 1053 in Tingri County [12]

References

  1. [1]
    "日喀则市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Government of Xigazê. 2021-07-20.
  2. [2]
    Croddy, E. (2022). China’s Provinces and Populations: A Chronological and Geographical Survey. Springer International Publishing. p. 698. ISBN 978-3-031-09165-0. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  3. [3]
    Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan, p. 296. 2nd edition (1999). Gyume Dorje. Footprint Handbooks, Bath, England. ISBN 1-900949-33-4.
  4. [4]
    Department of Forestry, Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, ‘’Report on Protected Lands in the Tibet Autonomous Region’’ Lhasa: Tibet Autonomous Region Government Publishing House, 2006
  5. [5]
    中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  6. [6]
    中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  7. [7]
    Sorensen, Michelle (2011). "Padampa Sanggye". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  8. [8]
    "The Tingri Hundred". Tibetological. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  9. [9]
    "ding ri glang 'khor". Rangjung Yeshe Wiki - Dharma Dictionnary. 2005. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  10. [10]
    "Dingri Langkhor". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  11. [11]
    Sorenson, Michelle (2010). "Machik Labdron". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  12. [12]
    Gardener, Alexander (2010). "Zhangton Chobar". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 2017-07-24.

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