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Nyingchi Prefecture

Nyingchi PrefectureLinzhi Prefecture

林  

芝  

地  

区 ཉིང་ཁིྲ་ས་ཁུལ་ —  Prefecture  —

prefecture (orange) in Tibet (light-orange)

Country China

Province Tibet

County-level divisions

City seat Bayi

Area

  • Total116.175 km

2(unknown operator: u'strong' sq mi)

Population

 • Total 195109

• Densityunknown operator: u'strong' /km

2(unknown operator: u'strong' /sq mi)

Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)

Nyingchi Prefecture (also: Linzhi Prefecture) (Tibetan: ཉིང་ཁིྲ་ས་ཁུལ་; Wylie: nying-khri sa khul; simplified

Chinese: 林  芝  地  区 ; traditional Chinese: 林  芝  地  區 ; pinyin: Línzhī Dìqū) is a prefecture in southeastern Tibet

Autonomous Region in western China. The administrative seat of Nyingchi Prefecture is Bayi. The Chinese

government claims Arunachal Pradesh, which is currently governed by India, as part of the prefecture. (See South

Tibet dispute.)

Nyingchi Prefecture is the location of Buchasergyi Lakang Monastery.

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Geography and landmarks

The prefecture contains the Namcha Barwa Peak, and the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, located in Medog

County, which attracts significant tourism and geoscientific and biological study to the area.

Approximately 90 kilometers west of Gongbo'gyamda County, is the alpine Basum Lake in the upper catchment area

of the Ba River, the largest tributary of the Nyang River lying on average about 3,538 meters above sea level. The

lake surface is on average about 3,538 meters above sea level. Covering an area of 25.9 square kilometers, the

surrounding is populated by a diverse wildlife including leopards, Bears, goats, musk deer and Tibetan snow In

1997, the Basum Lake was listed by the World Tourist Organization as a top tourist attraction. The lake also contains

an inlet with a Gelug monastery. East of Nyingchi County, is the Seche La Mountain, a mountain of the

Nyainqentanglha Mountain Range, which forms part of the watershed of the Nyang River and the Polung Zangbo

River. Benri La Mountain near the small town of Dagze is a known sacred site of the Tibetan Bon Sect. Considered

by Tibetans as one of the four great holy mountains in Tibet, on every tenth day of the eighth month of the Tibetan

calendar, a day of intense worshipping called "Nangbolhasoi," is performed (meaning "seeking for treasures from

immortals.")

Bayi Town is the administrative seat of Nyingchi, located 406 kilometers east of Lhasa. The vicinity is known for its

cypresses which can grow up to 30 meters.

The Nangpo Gully, located about 50 kilometers northwest from Gongbo'gyamda County, is one of the northern

tributaries of the Nyang River and its upper stream is formed by the confluence of Yangwo, Gyixing and Boru

streams. The area contains the hot springs the Nun's Hot Springs, the Lama's Hot Springs and the Boru Hot Springs

and many old pine trees and cypresses, and caves. At the foot of the gully is the Yellow sect (Gelug) Bagar

Monastery, which was built during the period of the Fifth Dalai Lama. The cave above the monastery contains

murals of holy animals and Buddhist images, and below the cave is the famous Karst springs. show jade-red bear

branches, forming a "Red Cloud Gully" of 5 kilometers. The cobbles in the bed of the stream look like scattered

pearls, so this place is also called "Pearl Shoal." The scenes here are unique and beautiful.

Burqug Lamaling Monastery, located on the third terrace on the left bank of the lower reaches of the Nyang River.

Tourism

Guangdong Province announced that it plans to invest more than RMB 400 million (US$63 million) in Nyingchi's

tourism industry. According to the plan, Guangdong will help build 22 "prosperous model villages" in Nyingchi in

counties such as Bomê and Zayü.[1]

Administrative Sub-divisions

The two counties of Zayü (察  隅  县 ) and Mêdog (墨  脱  县 ), collectively called South Tibet, are considered by the

Chinese government to be under Chinese jurisdiction, however they are de facto under the control by India's state of 

Arunachal Pradesh.

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