Nagarzê County

County in Tibet, China
Nagarzê County
28°51′03″N 90°55′21″E / 28.85083°N 90.92250°E / 28.85083; 90.92250
CountryChina
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityShannan (Lhoka)
County seatNagarzê
Area
 • Total7,969.89 km2 (3,077.19 sq mi)
Elevation
4,300−5,000 m (−12,100 ft)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total32,835
 • Density4.1/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.langkazi.gov.cn
Nagarzê County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese浪卡子县
Traditional Chinese浪卡子縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLàngkǎzǐ Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanསྣ་དཀར་རྩེ་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wyliesna dkar rtse rdzong
Tibetan PinyinNagarzê Zong

Nagarzê County (Tibetan: སྣ་དཀར་རྩེ་རྫོང་།, Chinese: 浪卡子县) is a county of Shannan located in the south-east of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The Yarlung Tsangpo river dominates the county. Baidi Township is located in the county.

Administrative divisions

Nagarzê County contains 2 towns and 8 townships.

Name Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie
Towns
Nagarzê Town 浪卡子镇 Làngkǎzǐ zhèn སྣ་དཀར་རྩེ་གྲོང་རྡལ། sna dkar rtse grong rdal
Daglung Town 打隆镇 Dǎlóng zhèn སྟག་ལུང་གྲོང་རྡལ། stag lung grong rdal
Townships
Chamda Township 张达乡 Zhāngdá xiāng གྲམ་མདའ་ཤང་། gram mda' shang
Lhülpozhöl Township 伦布雪乡 Lúnbùxuě xiāng ལྷུན་པོ་ཞོལ་ཤང་། lhun po zhol shang
Doqoi Township 多却乡 Duōquè xiāng མདོ་ཆོས་ཤང་། mdo chos shang
Puma Jangtang Township 普玛江塘乡 Pǔmǎjiāngtáng xiāng ཕུ་མ་བྱང་ཐང་ཤང་། phu ma byang thang shang
Ngardrak Township 阿扎乡 Āzhā xiāng མངར་བྲག་ཤང་། mngar brag shang
Karlung Township 卡龙乡 Kǎlóng xiāng མཁར་ལུང་ཤང་། mkhar lung shang
Baidi Township 白地乡 Báidì xiāng དབལ་དི་ཤང་། dpal di shang
Karrêg Township 卡热乡 Kǎrè xiāng ཁ་དབྲག་ཤང་། kha dbrag shang

Climate

Climate data for Nagarzê (1991–2020 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 2.7
(36.9) 		4.0
(39.2) 		6.6
(43.9) 		9.7
(49.5) 		13.3
(55.9) 		16.6
(61.9) 		16.1
(61.0) 		15.4
(59.7) 		14.1
(57.4) 		11.4
(52.5) 		7.3
(45.1) 		4.6
(40.3) 		10.2
(50.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) −4.3
(24.3) 		−2.8
(27.0) 		−0.1
(31.8) 		2.7
(36.9) 		6.4
(43.5) 		10.1
(50.2) 		10.4
(50.7) 		9.8
(49.6) 		8.0
(46.4) 		4.0
(39.2) 		−0.2
(31.6) 		−2.7
(27.1) 		3.4
(38.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −11.2
(11.8) 		−9.8
(14.4) 		−6.4
(20.5) 		−3.3
(26.1) 		0.2
(32.4) 		4.3
(39.7) 		6.1
(43.0) 		5.6
(42.1) 		2.9
(37.2) 		−2.5
(27.5) 		−6.9
(19.6) 		−9.5
(14.9) 		−2.5
(27.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 0.4
(0.02) 		0.9
(0.04) 		2.7
(0.11) 		9.0
(0.35) 		22.3
(0.88) 		49.9
(1.96) 		122.0
(4.80) 		119.3
(4.70) 		50.8
(2.00) 		7.7
(0.30) 		1.3
(0.05) 		0.6
(0.02) 		386.9
(15.23)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 0.5 0.9 2.7 5.8 8.7 14.4 21.5 22.2 15.4 3.1 0.8 0.3 96.3
Average snowy days 2.1 3.8 6.9 11.3 11.3 1.1 0.1 0.2 1.2 4.6 2.1 1.4 46.1
Average relative humidity (%) 23 25 31 40 48 57 68 71 67 47 30 23 44
Mean monthly sunshine hours 258.8 235.0 257.7 250.7 257.2 228.5 179.5 176.0 204.1 267.8 272.3 269.3 2,856.9
Percent possible sunshine 79 74 69 65 61 55 42 44 56 76 86 85 66
Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3]

Gallery

  • Lake at Sim La
    Lake at Sim La
  • Sim La 4330m
    Sim La 4330m
  • Yak
    Yak
  • Karo La-Glacier
    Karo La-Glacier
  • Karo La 5030m
    Karo La 5030m
  • Sheep
    Sheep
  • Yamdrok Tso
    Yamdrok Tso
  • Yamdrok Lake (labelled as YAMDROG TSHO) (1954)
    Yamdrok Lake (labelled as YAMDROG TSHO) (1954)

References

  1. ^ "山南市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Statistics Bureau of Lhoka. 2021-06-24.
  2. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  3. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
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