Nagarzê County (, zh, s=浪卡子县) is a county of Shannan located in the south-east of the

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, China. The

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river dominates the county.

Baidi Township Baidi (, Chinese: 白地; Pinyin: Báidì) is a township in Nagarzê County, Shannan Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Wu Zhenhua (武振华), Xizang Diming (西藏地名; Place Names in Tibet), p.24, Chinese Zangxue Press (中国� ...

is located in the county.

History

Historically, the area governed by Nagarzê County was collectively known as "Yangzho" (, meaning "Upper Pasture"). During the

Tang Dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, c=唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an Wu Zhou, interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed ...

(618-907 CE), when the 32nd Tibetan King

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established the

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, this region was incorporated into the military-administrative division "Yoru" (约茹) and named "Yangzho Kangqing Buren Di Ayu" (), meaning "The Five Yak-Nurturing Homelands in the Snowy Upper Pasture". In the

Yuan Dynasty The Yuan dynasty ( ; zh, c=元朝, p=Yuáncháo), officially the Great Yuan (; Mongolian language, Mongolian: , , literally 'Great Yuan State'), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after Div ...

(1271-1368), the central government appointed leaders of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism to administer Tibet, establishing the Yangzho Ten-thousand Household Office (羊卓万户府) within Nagarzê's jurisdiction. During the

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(1368-1644), the Phagmodrupa regime ( zh, 帕竹政权), supported by the Ming court, established Nagarzê Dzong (浪卡子宗) to govern the Yangzho region. In 1954, the Tibetan local government divided the area into three administrative units: Nagarzê Dzong, Baid Dzong (白地宗), and Daglung Dzong (打隆宗), all under the jurisdiction of Lhoka Gigu (洛喀基巧, Governor of Southern Tibet). Following democratic reforms in 1959, the Preparatory Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region merged Langdzê Dzong (朗格则宗) and Baid Dzong into Nagarzê County, while establishing Daglung County (打隆县) through the merger of Daglung and Linggu (岭谷), both placed under Gyantse Prefecture (江孜专区). In February 1964, Daglung County was incorporated into Nagarzê County and transferred to Lhoka Prefecture (山南专区), where it remains administratively today.

Administrative divisions

Nagarzê County contains 2

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and 8

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Climate

Gallery

Sim La-08-Stausee-Panorama-2014-gje.jpg, Lake at Sim La Sim La-20-Maedchen mit Gebetsfahnen-2014-gje.jpg, Sim La 4330m Sim La to Kharo La-18-Yak-2014-gje.jpg, Yak Karo La-08-Gletscher-2014-gje.jpg, Karo La-Glacier Karo La-34-Office-2014-gje.jpg, Karo La 5030m S307-Karo La-Yamdruk Tso-06-Schaefer-2014-gje.jpg, Sheep Yamdrok Tso-32-vom Kampa La-2014-gje.jpg, Yamdrok Tso Txu-oclc-10552568-nh46-13.jpg, Yamdrok Lake (labelled as YAMDROG TSHO) (1954)

References

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