Nyarixung (), also Nierixiong (), is a township of

Samzhubzê District Samzhubzê District (also spelled Sangzhuzi District, Samdruptse District) is a district in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the China, and the administrative center of the prefecture-level city of Shigatse ( Tibetan Pinyin: Xigazê). Prior to 2 ...

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Shigatse Shigatse, officially known as Xigazê (; Nepali: ''सिगात्से''), is a prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. Its area of jurisdiction, with an area of , corresponds to the histor ...

City), in the

Tibet Autonomous Region The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a Provinces of China, province-level Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China in Southwest China. I ...

of China. At the time of the 2010 census, the township had a population of 5,119 and an area of . , it had 16 villages under its administration. The main village of Nyarixung lies by road to the northwest of the city of Shigatse, on the south bank of the

Yarlung Tsangpo River The Yarlung Tsangpo, also called Yarlung Zangbo () is the upper stream of the Brahmaputra River located in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is the longest river of Tibet and the fifth longest in China. The upper section is also called Da ...

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Township-level divisions of Tibet Samzhubzê District Populated places in Shigatse {{Shigatse-geo-stub