Seni District (; zh, s=色尼区) is a district within the

Nagqu 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 Lhas ...

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 ...

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Geography and climate

Located in the northern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Seni ranges in latitude from 30° 31' to 31° 55' N and in longitude from 91° 12' to 93° 02' E. Bordering counties within Nagqu are Lhari to the southeast, Biru to the east,

Nyainrong Nyainrong is a small town and seat of Nyainrong County, Nagqu Prefecture, northern 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 ...

to the northeast,

Amdo Amdo ( �am˥˥.to˥˥ zh , c = 安多 , p = Ānduō ), also known as Domey (), is one of the three traditional Tibetan regions. It encompasses a large area from the Machu (Yellow River) to the Drichu (Yangtze). Amdo is mostly coterminous wi ...

to the northwest, and

Baingoin Baingoin County (; zh, s=班戈县), formerly Namru Dzong (), is a county within Nagqu of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Baingoin County got the name from the Baingoin Co (Bangor Co) which is a lake in center of the county. The county li ...

to the west, while

Lhasa Lhasa, officially the Chengguan District of Lhasa City, is the inner urban district of Lhasa (city), Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region, Southwestern China. Lhasa is the second most populous urban area on the Tibetan Plateau after Xining ...

City, the regional capital, is to the south. With an elevation of around , Nagqu has a harsh,

alpine climate Alpine climate is the typical climate for elevations above the tree line, where trees fail to grow due to cold. This climate is also referred to as a mountain climate or highland climate. Definition There are multiple definitions of alpine cli ...

(

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''EH''), closely bordering on a

subarctic climate The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a continental climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of ...

(''Dwc''), with long, very cold and dry winters, and short, cool summers. In winter, temperatures frequently drop below at night and in summer typically rise to during the day. The monthly 24-hour average daily temperature ranges from in January to in July, and the annual mean is only . From June to September, a majority of the days receives some precipitation, and over 80% of the annual precipitation is delivered. According to the climate scale from 1991 to 2020, the climate type of Nagqu happens to be a

(

''Dwc''), because the hottest month, July, has an average temperature of just ; there are already signs that

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Administrative divisions

Seni District is made up of 3

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and 9

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Transport

China National Highway 317 China National Highway 317 (G317) runs broadly west to east from Chengdu, Sichuan to Gar County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet. It is 2,028 kilometres in length and forms an important transportation route in Tibet. As of 2017, Highway 317 passes throug ...

runs from

Chengdu Chengdu; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ; Chinese postal romanization, previously Romanization of Chinese, romanized as Chengtu. is the capital city of the Chinese province of Sichuan. With a ...

Sichuan Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Cheng ...

province to Nagqu County. *

Nagqu railway station Nagqu railway station (), also spelled Naqu and Nagchu, is a station on the Chinese railway to Tibet serving Nagqu, Tibet. Station layout The station has a crossing loop and several goods sidings adjacent to the passenger station. The goods s ...

( Qinghai–Tibet Railway)

References

External links

{{Nagqu Prefecture Counties of Tibet Nagqu