Nyirixung Township
Nyarixung ཉ་རི་གཞུང་ · 聂日雄乡 | |
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  Nyarixung Location within Tibet | |
| Coordinates: 29°19′30″N 88°47′29″E / 29.3250°N 88.7914°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Tibet |
| Prefecture-level city | Shigatse |
| District | Samzhubzê |
| Area | |
| • Total | 555 km2 (214 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 5,119 |
| • Major Nationalities | Tibetan |
| • Regional dialect | Tibetan language |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Nyarixung (Tibetan: ཉ་རི་གཞུང་), also Nierixiong (simplified Chinese: 聂日雄乡; traditional Chinese: 聶日雄鄉; pinyin: Nièrìxióng Xiāng), is a township of Samzhubzê District (Shigatse City), in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. At the time of the 2010 census, the township had a population of 5,119 and an area of 555 square kilometres (214 sq mi).[1] As of 2019[update], it had 16 villages under its administration.[2] The main village of Nyarixung lies 15.3 kilometres (9.5 mi) by road to the northwest of the city of Shigatse, on the south bank of the Yarlung Tsangpo River.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 桑珠孜区概况地图沿革 (in Chinese (China)). xzqh.org. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ 2019年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：聂日雄乡. National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China.
- ^ "Nyirixung Township" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
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