Tingri County
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Tingri County |
| other_name | Dhringgri |
| native_name | |
| settlement_type | County |
| image_skyline | Riding a dzo. Tingri, Tibet Autonomous Region. 1993.jpg |
| image_caption | A man riding a dzo in Tingri County, 1993 |
| image_map | Location of Tingri within Xizang (China).png |
| map_caption | Location of Tingri County (red) within Shigatse City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region |
| pushpin_map | Tibet#China |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of the seat in the Tibet Autonomous Region |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | China |
| subdivision_type1 | Autonomous region |
| subdivision_name1 | Tibet |
| subdivision_type2 | Prefecture-level city |
| subdivision_name2 | Shigatse |
| seat_type | County seat |
| seat | Shelkar |
| area_total_km2 | 13,861.21 |
| population_as_of | 2020 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 58173 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| timezone | China Standard |
| utc_offset | +8 |
| coor_pinpoint | Tingri County seat, Shelkar |
| coordinates | |
| website | |
| :: |
| name = Tingri County | official_name = | other_name = Dhringgri | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = County | total_type = | motto = | image_skyline = Riding a dzo. Tingri, Tibet Autonomous Region. 1993.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = A man riding a dzo in Tingri County, 1993 | image_map = Location of Tingri within Xizang (China).png | mapsize = | map_caption = Location of Tingri County (red) within Shigatse City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region | pushpin_map = Tibet#China | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = Location of the seat in the Tibet Autonomous Region | pushpin_mapsize = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = China | subdivision_type1 = Autonomous region | subdivision_name1 = Tibet | subdivision_type2 = Prefecture-level city | subdivision_name2 = Shigatse | seat_type = County seat | seat = Shelkar | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = | established_date = | area_total_km2 = 13,861.21 | elevation_m = | population_as_of = 2020 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 58173 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = China Standard | utc_offset = +8 | coor_pinpoint = Tingri County seat, Shelkar | coordinates = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | website = | tib = དིང་རི་རྫོང་། | zwpy = Tingri Zong | wylie = ding ri rdzong | order = st | s = 定日县 | t = 定日縣 | p = Dìngrì Xiàn Tingri County (; ) is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shigatse in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
The county comprises the upper valley of the Bum-chu or Arun River, with the valleys of its tributaries, the valleys of the Rongshar Tsangpo and the Lapchi Gang Tsangpo which flow south into Nepal. It is bordered on the south by the main range of the Himalayas, including Mount Everest (Tib. Jomolangma), Makalu and Cho Oyu. The present county administration is located at Shelkar, about 87 km east of Tingri (town).
Tingri is one of the four counties (the other three being Dinjie, Nyalam, and Kyirong) that comprise the Qomolangma National Nature Preserve, a protected area spanning 3.381 million hectares.
Toponymy
Tingri County is named after a nearby hill, which itself is reportedly named after the sound a falling stone made when it hit the hill.
History
Shelkar Dzong was built in the area of the present-day county during the time of the Kashag.
In 1960, Tingri County was established, and in June of that year, a local county government was established. The county headquarters were originally established in Shelkar, but were moved to Gangga in August. In July 1968, the local government moved back to Shelkar, where it remains today.
In 1992, the county was added to the Qomolangma National Nature Preserve.
On 7 January 2025 at 09:05 CST (UTC+8), an earthquake measuring or struck Tingri County. Several villages experienced near-total destruction and at least 126 people died and hundreds more were injured.
Geography
Dingri County is a county under the jurisdiction of prefecture-level city of Shigatse. It is located in the southern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region and the south-central part of Shigatse. It borders Dinggyê County and Sa'gya County to the east, Nyalam County to the west, Ngamring County to the north, Lhatse County to the northeast, and Nepal to the south. It is 115 km long from east to west and 152 km wide from north to south, with a total area of about 14,000 km2.
Tingri County is located at the northern foot of the middle section of the Himalayas, and at the northern foot of Mount Everest. The county's landscape is extremely mountainous, with an average altitude of more than 5,000 m above sea level, and the county seat situated at an altitude of 4,300 m above sea level. The world's highest peak, Mount Everest, and the world's sixth-highest mountain, Cho Oyu, are located in the county.
The Arun River flows eastward out of the country.
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification Tingiri County's climate is a semi-arid climate (BSk) with large temperature differences between day and night, a high amount of sunshine hours, and little annual precipitation. On January 7, 1966, Tingri County recorded the lowest temperature ever recorded in Tibet at -46.4 C.{{Weather box | width = auto | metric first = y | single line = y | collapsed = Y | location = Tingri, elevation 4300 m, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2020) | Jan high C = 3.7 | Feb high C = 5.1 | Mar high C = 8.3 | Apr high C = 11.9 | May high C = 16.1 | Jun high C = 20.2 | Jul high C = 19.5 | Aug high C = 18.2 | Sep high C = 17.5 | Oct high C = 13.3 | Nov high C = 8.8 | Dec high C = 5.8 | Jan mean C = -6.4 | Feb mean C = -4.4 | Mar mean C = -0.8 | Apr mean C = 3.1 | May mean C = 7.6 | Jun mean C = 12.1 | Jul mean C = 12.6 | Aug mean C = 11.6 | Sep mean C = 10.1 | Oct mean C = 4.0 | Nov mean C = -1.6 | Dec mean C = -5.2 | Jan low C = -16.1 | Feb low C = -14.1 | Mar low C = -10.1 | Apr low C = -5.4 | May low C = -0.2 | Jun low C = 5.2 | Jul low C = 7.4 | Aug low C = 6.9 | Sep low C = 4.1 | Oct low C = -4.2 | Nov low C = -10.9 | Dec low C = -14.9 | Jan record high C = 14.7 | Jan record low C = -46.4 | Feb record high C = 15.3 | Feb record low C = -25.3 | Mar record high C = 18.7 | Mar record low C = -19.0 | Apr record high C = 20.8 | Apr record low C = -14.0 | May record high C = 23.8 | May record low C = -8.3 | Jun record high C = 25.1 | Jun record low C = -4.0 | Jul record high C = 25.8 | Jul record low C = 1.4 | Aug record high C = 23.4 | Aug record low C = 0.2 | Sep record high C = 22.9 | Sep record low C = -4.1 | Oct record high C = 20.2 | Oct record low C = -12.3 | Nov record high C = 17.3 | Nov record low C = -19.0 | Dec record high C = 14.6 | Dec record low C = -32.6 | year high C = | year low C = | year high F = | year low F = | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 1.0 | Feb precipitation mm = 0.7 | Mar precipitation mm = 0.6 | Apr precipitation mm = 2.6 | May precipitation mm = 9.1 | Jun precipitation mm = 23.0 | Jul precipitation mm = 108.4 | Aug precipitation mm = 116.7 | Sep precipitation mm = 27.1 | Oct precipitation mm = 1.7 | Nov precipitation mm = 0.9 | Dec precipitation mm = 0.5 | Jan humidity = 27 | Feb humidity = 27 | Mar humidity = 29 | Apr humidity = 34 | May humidity = 40 | Jun humidity = 48 | Jul humidity = 59 | Aug humidity = 64 | Sep humidity = 56 | Oct humidity = 41 | Nov humidity = 34 | Dec humidity = 28 | unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm | Jan precipitation days = 0.9 | Feb precipitation days = 0.8 | Mar precipitation days = 0.8 | Apr precipitation days = 1.5 | May precipitation days = 3.4 | Jun precipitation days = 6.7 | Jul precipitation days = 16.4 | Aug precipitation days = 17.8 | Sep precipitation days = 7.5 | Oct precipitation days = 0.8 | Nov precipitation days = 0.2 | Dec precipitation days = 0.3 | year precipitation days = | Jan sun = 281.1 | Feb sun = 262.5 | Mar sun = 300.2 | Apr sun = 300.2 | May sun = 327.7 | Jun sun = 289.6 | Jul sun = 222.0 | Aug sun = 220.0 | Sep sun = 261.6 | Oct sun = 310.2 | Nov sun = 292.9 | Dec sun = 286.5 | year sun = | Jan percentsun = 86 | Feb percentsun = 82 | Mar percentsun = 80 | Apr percentsun = 77 | May percentsun = 78 | Jun percentsun = 70 | Jul percentsun = 52 | Aug percentsun = 55 | Sep percentsun = 72 | Oct percentsun = 89 | Nov percentsun = 92 | Dec percentsun = 90 | year percentsun = | Jan snow days = 1.3 | Feb snow days = 1.7 | Mar snow days = 2.7 | Apr snow days = 4.6 | May snow days = 4.3 | Jun snow days = 0.3 | Jul snow days = 0.1 | Aug snow days = 0.2 | Sep snow days = 0.4 | Oct snow days = 1.0 | Nov snow days = 0.4 | Dec snow days = 0.6 | year snow days = | source 1 = China Meteorological Administration all-time extreme temperatureNOAA{{cite web |url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0216/0253808/5.5/data/0-data/Region-2-WMO-Normals-9120/China/CSV/TINGRI_55664.csv |title = Tingri Climate Normals 1991-2020 |publisher = NOAA |language = en-us}} | source =
Administrative divisions
Tingri County is divided into 2 towns and 11 townships. ::data[format=table]
| Name | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towns | ||||
| Shelkar | 协格尔镇 | zh | bo | |
| Gangga | 岗嘎镇 | zh | bo | |
| Townships | ||||
| 扎西宗乡 | zh | bo | ||
| 绒辖乡 | zh | bo | ||
| 曲当乡 | zh | bo | ||
| Cogo Township | 措果乡 | zh | bo | |
| Qulho Township | 曲洛乡 | zh | bo | |
| Chamco Township | 长所乡 | zh | bo | |
| 尼辖乡 | zh | bo | ||
| 扎果乡 | zh | bo | ||
| 克玛乡 | zh | bo | ||
| 盆吉乡 | zh | bo | ||
| Gyaco Township | 加措乡 | zh | bo | |
| :: |
Demographics
Per the 2020 Chinese Census, Tingri County has a population of 58,173, up from the 50,818 recorded in the 2010 Chinese Census. The 2000 Chinese Census recorded a population of 46,585.
Economy
Agriculture and pastoralism are major sources of employment in Tingri County.
Transport
Gallery
File:Padampa Sanggye.jpg|Dampa Sangye, author of the Tingri One Hundred and founder of Tingri Langkhor File:Machik Labdron.jpg|Machig Labdrön (1055–1149), student of Padampa Sanggye at Tingri Langkhor File:Map China 1-250,000 Tile NH 45-14 Tingri Dzong.jpg|Map including Tingri (labelled as TINGRI DZONG) (1954) File:NH-45-14 Nyalam China.jpg|Map including Tingri (T'ing-jih) (DMA, 1981) File:Zhangton chobar.jpg|Zhangton Chobar, Lamdre practitioner, b. 1053 in Tingri County
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