Yanshiping () is a small town physically situated in the southwest of
Qinghai
Qinghai (; alternately romanized as Tsinghai, Ch'inghai), also known as Kokonor, is a landlocked province in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. It is the fourth largest province of China by area and has the third smallest po ...
province, China. However, it is under the jurisdiction of
Amdo County
Amdo County (; ) is a county within Nagqu of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The county covers an area of 43,410.85 square kilometres and is dominated by mainly by Tibetan grassland. In 2000 it had a population of 32,843 .
Its capital i ...
in the
Nagqu Prefecture
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 Provinces of China, province-level Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China in Southwest China. I ...
. At an elevation of , it is one of the
highest year-round settlements in the world.
The town is situated on the
Qinghai-Tibet Highway. The principal industries include transport, animal husbandry and tourism.
Administrative divisions
The township-level division contains seven village committees and one neighborhood which are as follows:
*Yanshiping Neighborhood ()
*Zhukouma Village ()
*Naqianma Village ()
*Bumadai Village ()
*Menlie Sangma Village ()
*Longyama Village ()
*Oubudong Village ()
*Buka Rida Village ()
See also
*
List of towns and villages in Tibet
This is an alphabetical list of all populated places, including cities, towns and villages, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of western China.
A
*Alamdo
*Alhar
*Arza
*Asog
B
*Baga, Tibet, Baga
*Bagar
*Baidi, Nagarzê County, Baidi
*Baima
* ...
References
Township-level divisions of Tibet
Populated places in Nagqu
Amdo County
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