Nang County

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|image_skyline =西藏林芝-朗县.巴尔曲德寺 - panoramio.jpg

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|image_caption =Ba'er Qudesi in Nang County

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|subdivision_name = China

|subdivision_type1 = Autonomous region

|subdivision_name1 = Tibet

|subdivision_type2 = Prefecture-level city

|subdivision_name2 = Nyingchi

|seat_type = County seat

|seat = Nang

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|area_total_km2 = 4,120

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|population_as_of = 2020

|population_footnotes ={{cite web |url = http://www.linzhi.gov.cn/linzhi/zwgk/202106/67e8f571513a408486867cc69549903e.shtml |title =林芝市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报 |publisher = Government of Nyingchi |language = zh |date = 2021-06-17 }}

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|population_total = 17648

|population_density_km2 = auto

|timezone = China Standard

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|website = {{URL|http://www.langxian.gov.cn}}

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{{Infobox Chinese|order=st

|s=朗县

|t=朗縣

|p=Lǎng Xiàn

|tib=སྣང་རྫོང་།

|wylie=snang rdzong|zwpy=Nang Zong}}

Nang County ({{bo|t=སྣང་རྫོང་།}}; {{lang-zh|s=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 seat of Nang County is situated in a region resembling an elephant's trunk, leading to the metaphorical designation of this area as "Nang" which translates to elephant.{{cite book | title=雪域高原的璀璨明珠: 林芝 | publisher=西藏人民出版社 | year=2002 | isbn=978-7-223-01478-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JFcfAQAAMAAJ | language=zh | access-date=2025-02-18 | page=11}} The average altitude is 5,000 metres above sea level.{{cite book | title=西藏自治区地理 | publisher=西藏人民出版社 | series=中国地理丛书 | year=1986 | isbn=978-7-223-00428-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d3FOAAAAMAAJ | language=zh | access-date=2025-02-18 | page=12}}{{cite book | title=中国地理 | publisher=中国人民大学出版社 | series=复印报刊资料 | year=1984 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NdNoAAAAIAAJ | language=zh | access-date=2025-02-18 | page=94}}

Administrative divisions

Nang County contains 3 towns and 3 townships.

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! Name

! Chinese

! Hanyu Pinyin

! Tibetan

! Wylie

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| colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background:#d3d3d3;"|Towns

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| Nang Town

|{{lang|zh-hans|朗镇}}

| {{Transliteration|zh|Lǎng zhèn}}

|{{bo-textonly|སྣང་གྲོང་རྡལ།}}

|{{Transliteration|bo|snang grong rdal}}

Dromda Town

|{{lang|zh-hans|仲达镇}}

| {{Transliteration|zh|Zhòngdá zhèn}}

|{{bo-textonly|སྒྲོམ་མདའ་གྲོང་རྡལ།}}

|{{Transliteration|bo|sgrom mda' grong rdal}}

Dungkar Town

|{{lang|zh-hans|洞嘎镇}}

| {{Transliteration|zh|Dònggā zhèn}}

|{{bo-textonly|དུང་དཀར་གྲོང་རྡལ།}}

|{{Transliteration|bo|dung dkar grong rdal}}

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| colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background:#d3d3d3;"|Townships

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| Latok Township

|{{lang|zh-hans|拉多乡}}

| {{Transliteration|zh|Lāduō xiāng}}

|{{bo-textonly|ལ་ཐོག་ཤང་།}}

|{{Transliteration|bo|la thog shang}}

Kyemtong Township

|{{lang|zh-hans|金东乡}}

| {{Transliteration|zh|Jīndōng xiāng}}

|{{bo-textonly|སྐྱེམས་སྟོང་ཤང་།}}

|{{Transliteration|bo|skyem stong shang}}

Dem Township

|{{lang|zh-hans|登木乡}}

| {{Transliteration|zh|Dēngmù xiāng}}

|{{bo-textonly|ལྡེམ་ཤང་།}}

|{{Transliteration|bo|ldem shang}}

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

Gallery

NH-46-11 Linchih Tibet.jpg|

NH-46-15 Chintung China.jpg|

西藏林芝-朗县 雅鲁藏布 - panoramio.jpg|Yarlung Tsangpo in Nang County

西藏林芝-朗县 泥石流 - panoramio.jpg|mudslides

西藏林芝-巴尔曲德寺 跳神 - panoramio (1).jpg|Tibetan goddess of fortune-telling in Ba'er Qudesi

Transportation

In 1965, the Linzhi-Qiongduo River highway traversed Nang County, and in 2005, the Jiangbei Highway was inaugurated, extending through 18 administrative villages and 2 townships in Nang County. China National Highway 219 also traverses Langxian County. The Lhasa–Nyingchi railway commenced operations in 2021, featuring {{ill|Nang County station|zh|朗县站}}.{{cite web | title=拉林铁路林芝段首座火车站成功封顶_滚动新闻_中国政府网 | website=中国政府网_中央人民政府门户网站 | date=2023-05-26 | url=https://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2020-04/20/content_5504359.htm | language=zh | access-date=2025-02-18}}{{cite web | title=拉林铁路今日开通运营 3小时29分到林芝_西藏自治区文化和旅游厅 | website=西藏自治区文化和旅游厅 | date=2021-06-25 | url=https://wlt.xizang.gov.cn/xwzx_69/wlyw/dsdt/202106/t20210625_248183.html | access-date=2025-02-18}}

References

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