Nêdong District (Tibetan: སྣེ་གདོང་ཆུས།, Wylie: sne gdong chus, ZYPY: Nêdong Qü; simplified Chinese: 乃东区; traditional Chinese: 乃東區; pinyin: Nǎidōng Qū) is a district of Shannan in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
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Nêdong
乃东区 • སྣེ་གདོང་ཆུས། | |
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![]() Yungbulakang Palace | |
![]() Location of Nêdong (red) within Shannan City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region | |
![]() ![]() Nêdong Location in Tibet Autonomous Region | |
Coordinates: 29°13′12″N 91°46′48″E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Autonomous region | Tibet |
Prefecture-level city | Shannan |
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• Total | 2,184.98 km2 (843.63 sq mi) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 81,608 |
Time zone | UTC+08:00 (China Standard) |
Tradruk Temple, an important early Buddhist monastery dating to the reign of Songtsen Gampo, is located in the Yarlung Valley in Nêdong as is Yungbulakang Palace.
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** Southern portions of these counties are claimed by the People's Republic of China as part of the South Tibet area, but are administered by India. |
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