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Home » Tibet Destinations Guide » Nyemo County

Nyemo County

Nyemo County means “wheat ear” in Tibetan,it is a county of Lhasa City with location in the south-central part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, about 147 kilometers away from Lhasa City. It is the junction of the “U” and “Tsang”. The county seat is Tarong Town. It is adjacent to Namling County of Shigatse City to the west, Qushui County to the east, Rinbung County of Shigatse City and Nagarze County of Shannan City to the south, and Damxung County to the north.

The history of Nyemo County can be traced back to the Yuan Dynasty, and it is the hometown of the creator of Tibetan script “Thonmi Sambhota”. Toga, a holy site of the Nyingma pa in its early period, Jiga Chode Temple built by Trisong Detsen in the 8th century AD, and the Nimu cable bridge built by ancient Tibetan bridge-building expert “Thangtong Gyalpo”. Nyemo paper, Nimu Tibetan incense and Pusong carvings are called “Three top products of Nimu”

Best time to travel May-October

Local climate Temperate plateau semi-arid monsoon climate

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Tunda Village is located at the bottom of Tunda Valley, about 138 kilometers away from Lhasa City and 14 kilometers away from Tarong Town, the capital of Nyemo County. It is a traditional handmade water mill Tibetan incense production site. Up to now, there are still 135 Tibetan incense water-mills distributed along the river.

The resident of “Thonmi Sambhota”, it is a typical Tibetan building which used to have two floors, but only one storey remained with location in Tunda Village

Mizhu Tongmenlin Monastery is located in Sangri Village of Tarong Town. It was built in 1240 and it is the only Bon tradition monastery in the great area of Lhasa. It was reopened after restoration in 1986. The monastery covers an area of 947 square meters, and there are more than ten precious cultural relics. Among those, there is one well-preserved Bon murals and an ancient rattan shields

The Nyemo Iron-Chain Bridge was built by the Tibetan bridge expert “Thangtong Gyalpo” over the Lhasa River for six years in the first half of the 15th century.

Geography and climate

Nyemo County is located on the north bank of the middle reaches of the Yarlung Tsangbo River. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south. The valley areas on both sides of the Nyemo River are flat. The average altitude is over 3800 meters. The highest point in the territory is Qiongmu Gangri Peak, which is 7048 meters above sea level. The lowest point is where the Maqu River merges into the Yarlung Zangbo River, which is 3701 meters above sea level.

Nyemo County belongs to the plateau temperate semi-arid monsoon climate zone, with four distinct seasons, concentrated rain in summer, strong radiation, and 2948 hours of sunshine per year. The average annual temperature is 6.7℃, the average temperature in January is -40℃, the average temperature in July is 15.0℃, the annual precipitation is 295.3 mm, and the frost-free period is 100 days

Population and ethnicity

As of 2012, the total population of Nimu County was 34,044 people, of which Tibetans accounted for 99% of the total population. Other ethnic groups include Han, Hui, Miao, Mongolian, etc.

Brief history

In the period of the Tubo kingdom (7th century ), it was under the jurisdiction of “Wu Ru” (“Ru” is the name of the administrative area of ancient Tibet),

After the 9th century, when the Tubo dynasty collapsed, the land of Nyemo was under the jurisdiction of the noble “Xinang clan”.

In the 13th century, it belonged to the sphere of influence of Xiang Wanhu

In the Yuan Dynasty, Nyemo Zong was established

In the Qing Dynasty, There were two zongs of Nyemo and Majiang were established separately

In 1959, Nyemo Zong and Majiang Zong were merged to be Nyemo County, under the jurisdiction of Lhasa City.

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