Tingri County

Tingri County
—  County  —
Tibetan transcription(s)
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Location of Tingri County within Tibet
Tingri County Location in Tibet
Coordinates: 28°28′34″N 87°13′01″E / 28.47611°N 87.21694°E / 28.47611; 87.21694
Country	China
Province	Tibet
Prefecture	Xigazê Prefecture
Capital	Tingri
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Tingri County or Dhringgri County (Tibetan: དིང་རི་རྫོང་, Wylie: ding ri rdzong; Chinese: 定日县; pinyin: Dìngrì Xiàn), is a county of the Xigazê Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region.

The county comprises the upper valley of the Bum-chu or Arun River, with the valleys of its tributaries plus the valleys of the Rongshar Tsangpo and the Lapchi Gang Tsanpo which flow south into Nepal. It is bordered on the south by the main range of the Himalayas including Mt. Everest (Tib. Chomolungma), Makalu and Cho Oyo. The present county administration is located at Shelkar, about 87 km (54 mi) east of Tingri (town).^[1]

Transport

• China National Highway 318

Footnotes

1. ^ Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan, p. 296. 2nd edition (1999). Gyume Dorje. Footprint Handbooks, Bath, England. ISBN 1 900949 33 4.

Coordinates: 28°28′34″N 87°13′01″E / 28.47611°N 87.21694°E / 28.47611; 87.21694