Biru County (; ) is the most populated county within
Nagqu
Nagqu (also Naqu, Nakchu, or Nagchu; ; ) is a prefecture-level city in the north of the Chinese autonomous region of Tibet. On May 7, 2018, the former Nagqu Prefecture was officially declared the sixth prefecture-level city in Tibet after Lhasa, ...
of the
Tibet Autonomous Region
The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China in Southwest China. It was overlayed on the traditional Tibetan regions of � ...
. The name means "female
yak". Either of the following pronunciations can be considered correct in
Standard Tibetan:
ìru~
ìru(conventionally written ''Biru'' in English) or
�ìru~
�ìru(conventionally ''Driru'').
Geography
Diru/Driru/ Biru lies in the southwest part of the former province of Kham. To its east is Chamdo and to its west Nagchu. Diru/Driru/Biru is located on the
Gyalmo Ngulchu
, ''Mae Nam Salawin'' (
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River (upper part of
Salween River
, ''Mae Nam Salawin'' (
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). Diru is bordered by
Sog county སོག་རྫོང་། to the northwest and the extreme east of Palbar (
Banbar County
Banbar County, (; ) is a county of the Chamdo Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region
The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a province-level autonomous region of the People' ...
) དཔལ་འབར་རྫོང་, is also surrounded by Lhari county ལྷ་རི་རྫོང་/ to the south, and extreme north to the Nagchu county.
Sepu Kangri is located in the county.
Climate
Demographics
At the 2009 PRC census, the county's population was 60,179, of whom:
Gallery
References
Counties of Tibet
Nagqu
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