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Dinggyê County
Dinggyê County (, zh, s=定结县) is a county of the Xigazê city in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, bordering Nepal's Sankhuwasabha and Taplejung Districts to the south and India's Sikkim Sikkim ( ; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Koshi Province of Nepal in the west, and West Bengal in the ... state to the southeast. Jin Co and Duolo Co are located in this county. It is one of the four counties that comprise the Qomolangma National Nature Preserve (Dinggyê, Tingri, Nyalam, and Kyirong).Department of Forestry, Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China, ‘’Report on Protected Lands in the Tibet Autonomous Region’’ Lhasa: Tibet Autonomous Region Government Publishing House, 2006 Administration divisions Dinggyê County is divided into 3 towns and 7 townships. References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County (People's Republic Of China)
Counties ( zh, s=县, labels=no) are found in the County-level divisions of China, third level of the administrative hierarchy in Provinces of China, provinces and Autonomous regions of China, autonomous regions and the second level in Direct-controlled municipality#People's Republic of China, municipalities and Hainan, a level that is known as "county level" and also contains autonomous county, autonomous counties, county-level city, county-level cities, Banners of Inner Mongolia, banners, Banners of Inner Mongolia#Autonomous banners, autonomous banners and District (China)#Ethnic districts, city districts. There are 1,355 counties in mainland China out of a total of 2,851 county-level divisions. The term ''xian'' is sometimes translated as "district" or "prefecture" when put in the context of History of China, Chinese history. History ''Xian'' have existed since the Warring States period and were set up nationwide by the Qin dynasty. The number of counties in China proper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyalam County
Nyalam County ( zh, s=聂拉木县; ) is a county in Shigatse, Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are other ethnic groups s ..., China. It borders on Nepal. The land area of the county is . The population as of 2003 was 10,000. The postal code for the county is 858300. The county seat is in Nyalam Town. The other town of the county is Zhangmu, also known by its Tibetan name Dram, or Nepali Khasa. It is located near the border and is the point of entry from Nepal. At "merely" 2,300 meters elevation about the sea level, Zhangmu has mild and humid subtropical climate, which is a rarity for Tibet. It is one of the four counties that comprise the Qomolangma National Nature Preserve (Nyalam, Tingri, Dinggyê, and Kyirong).Department of Forestry, Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tashi Nang Township
Tashi, also spelled Trashi (), is a Tibetan word meaning "good fortune" or "auspiciousness". Tashi or tashe may refer to: People *Dagpo Tashi Namgyal, 16th-century Tibetan scholar * Guru Tashi, legendary ancestor of the Sikkimese royal family * Ngawang Tashi Bapu (born 1968), musician known as "Lama Tashi" * Tashi Choden (born 1998), Bhutanese model and beauty pageant titleholder * Tashi Lama, another name for Tibet's Panchen Lama *Tashi Namgyal (1893–1963), king of Sikkim, 1914–1963 * Tashi Peljor (born 1978), Bhutanese Olympic archer * Tashi Tsering (other), several people *Tashi Tenzing (born 1965), Sherpa mountaineer * Tashi Wangdi (1947–2025), official in the Tibetan government-in-exile Places * Tashi, Longyou County (塔石镇), a town in Longyou County, Zhejiang, PR China *Tashi Dor, a peninsula on Namtso Lake, Tibet *Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, Shigatse, Tibet * Tashi Yangtse, the administrative center of Tashi Yangtse District, Bhutan Other uses *Tashi (dip), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ri'og
Ri'og () is a town in Dinggyê County, in the Shigatse prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), often shortened to Tibet in English or Xizang in Pinyin, Hanyu Pinyin, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China. It was established in 1965 to replace the ... of China. At the time of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 1,113., it had 5 communities under its administration. Ri'og has been a traditional trade market between Tibet and Nepal. However, due to lack of cross-border vehicle-accessible route, the trade has been limited in scale. References Township-level divisions of Tibet Populated places in Shigatse {{Shigatse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhêntang
Zhêntang Town (; ), also known as Chentang, is a town in Dinggyê County, in the Shigatse prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is a border town on the China–Nepal border and lies on the Pum Qu River. At the time of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 2,043. , it had 6 communities under its administration. People Most of the population of the vicinity are Sherpa people. Due to the fact that Sherpa is not one of the recognized ethnic minorities in China, they are classified as "Others" on their citizenship. However, Sherpa is stated as part of their household registration. Many locals cultivate finger millet using terraces on the slopes for produce, which can be used to make Chhaang, an alcoholic beverage popular in the region. Many of the families in valley have two homes — one for the growing season high up on the slopes, the other in the valley to shelter through the colder winter. The Sherpas in the region are considered to be go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyangkar
Gyangkar or Jiangga () is a town in Dinggyê County, in the Shigatse prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), often shortened to Tibet in English or Xizang in Pinyin, Hanyu Pinyin, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China. It was established in 1965 to replace the ... of China. At the time of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 4,428., it had 6 communities under its administration. References Township-level divisions of Tibet Populated places in Shigatse {{Shigatse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wylie Transliteration
Wylie transliteration is a method for Transliteration, transliterating Tibetan script using only the letters available on a typical English-language typewriter. The system is named for the American scholar Turrell V. Wylie, who created the system and published it in a 1959 ''Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies'' article. It has subsequently become a standard transliteration scheme in Tibetan studies, especially in the United States. Any Tibetic languages, Tibetan language romanization scheme faces the dilemma of whether it should seek to accurately reproduce the sounds of spoken Tibetan or the spelling of written Tibetan. These differ widely, as Tibetan orthography became fixed in the 11th century, while pronunciation continued to language change, evolve, comparable to the English orthography and French orthography, which reflect late medieval pronunciation. Previous transcription schemes sought to split the difference with the result that they achieved neither goal perfectly. Wyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Standard Tibetan
Lhasa Tibetan or Standard Tibetan is a standardized dialect of Tibetan spoken by the people of Lhasa, the capital of the Tibetan Autonomous Region. It is an official language of the Tibet Autonomous Region. In the traditional "three-branched" classification of the Tibetic languages, the Lhasa dialect belongs to the Central Tibetan branch (the other two being Khams Tibetan and Amdo Tibetan). In terms of mutual intelligibility, speakers of Khams Tibetan are able to communicate at a basic level with Lhasa Tibetan, while Amdo speakers cannot. Both Lhasa Tibetan and Khams Tibetan evolved to become tonal and do not preserve the word-initial consonant clusters, which makes them very far from Classical Tibetan, especially when compared to the more conservative Amdo Tibetan. Registers Like many languages, Lhasa Tibetan has a variety of language registers: * ( Wylie: , literally " demotic language"): the vernacular speech. * ( Wylie: , "honorifics or deference, courtesy"): the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
