Nyainrong County (Tibetan: སྙན་རོང་རྫོང་།, Wylie: snyan rong rdzong, ZYPY: Nyainrong Zong; simplified Chinese: 聂荣县; traditional Chinese: 聶榮縣; pinyin: Nièróng Xiàn) is a small county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Nagqu, in the north of the Tibet Autonomous Region, bordering Qinghai province to the north. Yurla is a favourite of the people of the county.[1]
Nyainrong County
聂荣县 • སྙན་རོང་རྫོང་། | |
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Location of Nyainrong County (red) within Nagqu City (yellow) and the Tibet AR | |
Nyainrong Location of the seat in the Tibet AR | |
| Coordinates (Nyainrong government): 32°06′29″N 92°18′11″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Tibet |
| Prefecture-level city | Nagqu |
| Seat | Nyainrong |
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| • Total | 9,017 km2 (3,481 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 4,700 m (15,400 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Area code(s) | +(086)0896 |
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