Nang County is located in southeast of Tibet Autonomous Region. It is a county subordinate to Nyingchi City.
Nang means “appearance” in Tibetan, and it is the hometown of the 13th Dalai Lama (Thubten Gyatso) and the 9th Panchen Lama (Gedhun Choekyi Nyima)
Location
The county seat of Nang County is 420 kilometers away from Lhasa City and 240 kilometers away from Bayi District.
It is connected to Mainling County to east, Bayi District and Gongbo Gyamda County to north, Gyaca County of Shannan City to west, and India to south.
The traffic in Nang County is not very convenient. However, on the other side that the bad condition of traffic also leaves good conditions for protecting the most primitive customs here. The local specialties of Nang County mainly include many kinds of animal products, peppers, fritillaria, Wulingzhi, grapes, apples, walnuts and Tibetan hats, wooden bowls and so on.
Best time to travel
From May to October
Local climate
Plateau warm and semi-humid climate zone
Most popular sites
Zari Shaba Mountain is also known as “Mount Dakpa Shelri” in Tibetan, and in short “Tsari Mountain“. From April to May of the Year of the Monkey is the best time to make holy cora trek of “Tsari Mountain”
Bar Chode, is located on the hillside of Dunkar Village with an area of more than 2,000 square meters. It is one of the largest monasteries in Nyingchi City. It was built in 1195 AD, and originally belonging to Kagyu pa, and later converted to be Gelug pa monastery.
Lieshan Ancient Tomb cluster is located on the southern slope of Lie mountain which is about 1.5 kilometers northeast of Lie Village at an altitude of 3200 meters. The building complex is magnificent and peculiar. The entire tomb complex stretches for several kilometers. The ancient tomb cluster reflects the funeral system and tomb level in Tibet with history of more than 1,000 years. It has great value for studying the rise and fall of the Tubo kingdom. It is also of great significance for studying history of Tibet and discussing paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental changes of Tibet Plateau on a millennium scale. In 2000, it was listed as a national key cultural relic protection unit.
Geography and climate
Nang County covers an area of 4,200 square kilometers, which belongs to the valley-landform of Southeast Tibet. Yarlung Tsangbo River crosses through from west to east and divides it into two parts of “northern part” and “southern part”.
Among them, the southern part belongs to northern foot of the Himalayas, with the highest altitude of 6158 meters; The northern part is the southern foot of Nyainqentanglha mountain range, with the highest altitude of 5572 meters.
The north and south of Nang County form a huge “V”-shaped valley with the lowest elevation of 3,016 meters at the valley, the height difference is 3,142 meters, and the county’s average elevation is 3,200 meters.
The climate of Nang County is without extreme heat in summer and no severe cold in winter,
It is rainy in summer and autumn, dry and windy in spring and winter.
Annual average sunshine reaches between 2000～2500 hours. Average annual precipitation is about 350-600 mm, mostly concentrated in June to September, and mostly night rain, accounting for more than 90% of annual precipitation.
The dry season is as long as 8 months, and the wet season is only 4 months. Annual average temperature is 11.0℃, annual average maximum temperature is 19.1℃, and annual average minimum temperature is 5.3℃. Average number of frost-free days in the year ranges from 130 to 170 days.
Population and ethnicity
As of 2011, Nang County’s permanent population was 15,037, of which the Tibetans accounted for 99%. Other ethnic groups include Han, Monba, Mongolian and other ethnic groups and Cheng people.
Brief history
Before 1949, Nang County was the territory of Lang Zong, Guru langjie Zong, Gyaca Zong and Jindongxi, respectively
After 1959, Lang Zong, Guru langjie Zong, Gyaca Zong and Jindongxi were merged to form Nang County, which was governed by Shannan Prefecture.
In 1982, Nyingchi Prefecture was established, then Nang County was placed under jurisdiction of Nyingchi Prefecture.
In March 2015, the Nyingchi area was abolished and Nyingchi City was established. Nang County has been under jurisdiction of Nyingchi City since then
