Xainza

not to be confused with Naktsang Town in the Haa District of southwestern Bhutan
Xainza
Town
Tibetan transcription(s)
  Tibetan ཤན་རྩ་རྫོང
  Wylie transliteration shan rtsa rdzong
  official transcription (PRC) Xainza
  THDL Shentsa
Chinese transcription(s)
  Traditional 申扎镇
  Simplified 申扎县
  Pinyin Shēnzhā Xiàn
Xainza

Location within Tibet

Coordinates: 30°56′5″N 88°42′17″E / 30.93472°N 88.70472°E / 30.93472; 88.70472
Country China
Region Tibet
Prefecture Nagqu Prefecture
County Xainza County
Area
  Total 2,146 km2 (829 sq mi)
Population (2004)
  Total 17,000
  Major Nationalities Tibetan
  Regional dialect Tibetan language
Time zone +8

Xainza (also Naktsang,[1] Xainza Town or Shantsa) is a town and township-level administrative unit and seat of Shentsa County or Xainza County, Nagqu Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

It covers an area of 2146 square kilometres and in 2004 had a total population of about 17,000.[2] The township was established by the Chinese in 1961.[3] The main occupation is animal husbandry, mainly yak, goat and sheep rearing.[3]

Villages

The township-level division contains the following settlements:[2]

Footnotes

  1. Dorje (2009), p. 397.
  2. 1 2 "Xainza Town". CCGuide.cn. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  3. 1 2 申扎镇 (in Chinese). Hudong Encyclopedia. Retrieved 31 March 2012.

References

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