Xiazayü (; bo, རྫ་ཡུལ་རོང་སྨད།) is a town of
Zayü County
Zayul County
()
KNAB, retrieved 5 July 2021.
[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 ...]
, People's Republic of China (PRC), located in a deep river valley from the county seat and bordering India's
Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh (, ) is a state in Northeastern India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It shares int ...
, which is claimed by the PRC, to the southwest, as well as
Burma
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to the southeast.
, Xiachayu Town has a population of 5389 residing in an area of , and , it has 18 villages under its administration. The town contains a population of the
Mishmi people
The Mishmi people of Tibet and Arunachal Pradesh are an ethnic group located in the northeastern tip of the central Arunachal Pradesh in Upper and Lower Dibang Valley, Lohit and Anjaw Districts, all bordering southern Tibet in northeast India. ...
(or Deng people), which has yet to be officially recognised as one of the PRC's
56 ethnicities. Tourism was developing in the Shaqiong Deng Village ().
However, foreigners were not allowed to enter Zayü as of 2011.
References
Township-level divisions of Tibet
Populated places in Nyingchi
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