Nêdong

Tibetan name
Tibetan script : སྣེ་ གདོང་ རྫོང
Wylie transliteration : sne gdong rdzong
Official transcription of the PRCh : Nêdong
THDL transcription : Nedong
Other spellings: -
Chinese name
Traditional : 乃 東區
Simplified : 乃 东区
Pinyin : Nǎidōng Qū

Location of Nêdong District (pink) in Shannan Governorate (yellow) in Tibet Autonomous Region

Nêdong ( Tibetan སྣེ་ གདོང་ རྫོང Wylie sne gdong rdzong ; also: Nedong ) is a municipality in the Shannan administrative district of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China . It has an area of ​​2,184.98 square kilometers and, according to the 1990 census, 45,173 inhabitants, including 41,450 Tibetans and 3,567 Han Chinese (2000 census: 58,808 inhabitants).

In Nêdong are u. a. Thradrug and Keru Lhakhang monasteries and Yumbu Lagang fortress .

The municipality of Zêtang is the seat of the municipal district government and the government of the administrative district .

Administrative structure

At the community level, the city district consists of two large communities and five communities . These are (official spelling / Chinese):

• Zêtang municipality 泽当 泽当
• Greater community Changzhug昌珠镇
• Community Gyêrba结巴乡
• Community Sozhug索珠乡
• Community Yardoi亚堆乡
• Community Pozhang颇章乡
• Community Dopozhang多颇章乡

See also

• Nêdong monastery

literature

• Guojia cèhuìjú diming yánjiūsuǒ 国家测绘局地名研究所 , Xizang diming 西藏地名 / bod ljongs sa ming བོད་ ལྗོངས་ ས་ མིང (Tibetan place names) , Beijing, Zhōngguó Zàngxué chūbǎnshè 中国藏学出版社 1995, ISBN 7-80057-284 -6 .

Web links

• Info page (chinese)

Coordinates: 29 ° 13 '  N , 91 ° 47'  E