Tingri

Location of Tingri County (pink) in the administrative area of ​​the city of Xigazê (yellow)

Tingri ( Tibetan : དིང་ རི་ རྫོང་ , transcription after Wylie : ding ri , also Dingri Dzong ; Chinese  定日 县 , Pinyin Dìngrì Xiàn ) is a district on the northern flank of the Himalayas with importance for tourism and mountain sports such as mountaineering and mountain biking . It belongs to the administrative area of ​​the city of Xigazê in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China . In 1999 there were 45,157 residents in Tingri County. The main town and seat of the district administration is Shelkar ( tib. = Zhal dkar, chin. =协 格尔 Xiege'er) or Neu-Tingri, which has 8,767 inhabitants (2000).

geography

The area of ​​Tingri County covers an area of ​​10,000 km², at an average altitude of 5000 meters. On the website of the Tingris district administration, a current estimated population of around 50,000 is given. Adjacent circles are Ngamring , Nyalam , Lhazê , Sa'gya, and Dinggyê . In the south of the district is the Tibetan northern side of several eight-thousand-meter peaks in the Himalayas, as well as the Buddhist Rongbuk monastery built at an altitude of 5100 meters . The valley and glacier with the same name represent the beginning of one of the ascent routes of the Qomolangma . The Rongbuk is one of the three arms of the Qomolangma glacier.

The highest natural or biosphere reserve in the world is also located here . In addition to the Rongpu monastery, there are other significant Buddhist monk centers in Tingri. Among others in Shelkar and in Nanguo. The upper reaches of the Arun , which rises as Bum Chu in the neighboring Nyalam district, flows through Tingri before it leaves Tibet for Nepal .

Administrative structure

At the community level, the district consists of two large communities and eleven communities . These are ( pinyin / chin.):

• Large community Xiege'er 协 格尔 镇
• Gangga municipality 岗 嘎 镇

• Qudang parish 曲 当 乡
• Zhaxizong Township 扎西 宗 乡
• Kema parish 克玛 乡
• Rongxia Municipality 绒 辖 乡
• Cuoguo Township 措 果 乡
• Quluo Parish 曲 洛 乡
• Changsuo Township 长 所 乡
• Nixia parish 尼 辖 乡
• Zhaguo Township 扎 果 乡
• Penji Township 盆 吉 乡
• Jiacuo Township 加 措 乡

climate

Tingri County
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     0   4th -19     0   6th -15     0   9 -10     3   12 -6     5   16 -1     33   19th 5     101   18th 7th     109   18th 7th     41   16 3     1   13 -5     0   7th -13     0   6th -16 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: www.meteoblue.com

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Tingri County Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 4.2 6.3 9.2 11.8 16.1 19.3 18.1 17.6 16.2 13.1 7.3 5.5 O 12.1 Min. Temperature (° C) -18.5 -15.2 -10.3 -6.1 -0.9 5.1 7.2 7.1 2.6 -5.3 -13.1 -16.2 O −5.3 Precipitation ( mm ) 0 0 0 3 5 33 101 109 41 1 0 0 Σ 293 Rainy days ( d ) 0 0 0 2 3 6th 15th 16 12 1 0 0 Σ 55 Source: www.meteoblue.com

• Tingri
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  Lalung La to Shelkar

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  Friendship Highway

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  Snowleopard Guest House

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  Shelkar (2014)

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  Tingri (1993)

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  New village

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  Mount Everest

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  Gyatso La 5248 m

See also

• Dingri Langkhor Nanguo Monastery

Individual evidence

1. ^ Publications from Harvard University
2. ↑ Université du Michigan GRUMP (Global Rural Urban Mapping Project)
3. ↑ Website of the district dingri.gov ( Memento of the original from April 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ^ Publications of UNESCO UNESCO
5. ↑ website ingher.at ingher.at

Coordinates: 28 ° 29 '  N , 87 ° 13'  E