List of administrative divisions of the Tibet Autonomous Region

Tibet Autonomous Region
Tibet Autonomous Region
Autonomous region
	Capital: Lhasa
Prefecture-level divisions
Prefectural cities	6
Prefectures	1
County level divisions
County cities	2
Counties	64
Districts	8
Township level divisions
Towns	140
Townships	535
Ethnic townships	8
Subdistricts	9
Villages level divisions
Communities	2,354
Administrative villages	11,948

Tibet Autonomous Region, an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, has three administrative divisional levels – prefectural, county, and township – as enumerated in the infobox on the right.

Administrative divisions

All of these administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China. This chart lists only prefecture-level and county-level divisions of Tibet Autonomous Region.

Prefecture level	County Level
Prefecture level	English Name official	Tibetan	Wylie transliteration	Tibetan pinyin official transcription	Chinese	Hanyu Pinyin	Division code^[1]
Lhasa city ལྷ་ས་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། lha sa grong khyer Lhasa Chongkyêr 拉萨市 Lāsà Shì (Capital) (5401 / LXA)	Chengguan District	ཁྲིན་ཀོན་ཆུས།	khrin kon chus	Chênggoin Qü	城关区	Chéngguān Qū	540102	CGN
	Doilungdêqên District	སྟོད་ལུང་བདེ་ཆེན་ཆུས།	stod lung bde chen chus	Dölungdêqên Qü	堆龙德庆区	Duīlóngdéqìng Qū	540103	DLD
	Dagzê District	སྟག་རྩེ་ཆུས།	stag rtse chus	Dagzê Qü	达孜区	Dázī Qū	540104
	Lhünzhub County	ལྷུན་གྲུབ་རྫོང་།	lhun grub rdzong	Lhünzhub Zong	林周县	Línzhōu Xiàn	540121	LZB
	Damxung County	འདམ་གཞུང་རྫོང་།	'dam gzhung rdzong	Damxung Zong	当雄县	Dāngxióng Xiàn	540122	DAM
	Nyêmo County	སྙེ་མོ་རྫོང་།	snye mo rdzong	Nyêmo Zong	尼木县	Nímù Xiàn	540123	NYE
	Qüxü County	ཆུ་ཤུར་རྫོང་།	chu shur rdzong	Qüxü Zong	曲水县	Qūshuǐ Xiàn	540124	QUX
	Maizhokunggar County	མལ་གྲོ་གུང་དཀར་རྫོང་།	mal gro gung dkar rdzong	Maizhokunggar Zong	墨竹工卡县	Mòzhúgōngkǎ Xiàn	540127	MAI

Xigazê city གཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། ggzhis ka rtse grong khyer Xigazê Chongkyêr 日喀则市 Rìkāzé Shì (5402 / XGB)	Samzhubzê District	བསམ་འགྲུབ་རྩེ་ཆུས།	bsam 'grub rtse chus	Samzhubzê Qü	桑珠孜区	Sāngzhūzī Qū	540202	SAZ
	Namling County	རྣམ་གླིང་རྫོང་།	rnam gling rdzong	Namling Zong	南木林县	Nánmùlín Xiàn	540221	NAM
	Gyangzê County	རྒྱལ་རྩེ་རྫོང་།	rgyal rtse rdzong	Gyangzê Zong	江孜县	Jiāngzī Xiàn	540222	GYZ
	Tingri County	དིང་རི་རྫོང་།	ding ri rdzong	Tingri Zong	定日县	Dìngrì Xiàn	540223	TIN
	Sa'gya County	ས་སྐྱ་རྫོང་།	sa skya rdzong	Sa'gya Zong	萨迦县	Sàjiā Xiàn	540224	SGX
	Lhazê County	ལྷ་རྩེ་རྫོང་།	lha rtse rdzong	Lhazê Zong	拉孜县	Lāzī Xiàn	540225	LAZ
	Ngamring County	ངམ་རིང་རྫོང་།	ngam ring rdzong	Ngamring Zong	昂仁县	Ángrén Xiàn	540226	NGA
	Xaitongmoin County	བཞད་མཐོང་སྨོན་རྫོང་།	bzhad mthong smon rdzong	Xaitongmoin Zong	谢通门县	Xiètōngmén Xiàn	540227	XTM
	Bainang County	པ་སྣམ་རྫོང་།	pa snam rdzong	Bainang Zong	白朗县	Báilǎng Xiàn	540228	BAI
	Rinbung County	རིན་སྤུངས་རྫོང་།	rin spungs rdzong	Rinbung Zong	仁布县	Rénbù Xiàn	540229	RIN
	Kangmar County^[a]	ཁང་དམར་རྫོང་།	khang dmar rdzong	Kangmar Zong	康马县	Kāngmǎ Xiàn	540230	KAN
	Dinggyê County	གདིང་སྐྱེས་རྫོང་།	gding skyes rdzong	Dinggyê Zong	定结县	Dìngjié Xiàn	540231	DIN
	Zhongba County	འབྲོང་པ་རྫོང་།	'brong pa rdzong	Zhongba Zong	仲巴县	Zhòngbā Xiàn	540232	ZHB
	Yadong County^[a]	གྲོ་མོ་རྫོང་།	gro mo rdzong	Chomo (Yadong) Zong	亚东县	Yàdōng Xiàn	540233	YDZ
	Gyirong County	སྐྱིད་གྲོང་རྫོང་།	skyid grong rdzong	Gyirong Zong	吉隆县	Jílóng Xiàn	540234	GIR
	Nyalam County	གཉའ་ལམ་རྫོང་།	gnya' lam rdzong	Nyalam Zong	聂拉木县	Nièlāmù Xiàn	540235	NYA
	Saga County	ས་དགའ་རྫོང་།	sa dga' rdzong	Saga Zong	萨嘎县	Sàgā Xiàn	540236	SAG
	Kamba County	གམ་པ་རྫོང་།	gam pa rdzong	G=Kamba Zong	岗巴县	Gǎngbā Xiàn	540237	GAM

Qamdo city ཆབ་མདོ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། chab mdo grong khyer Qamdo Chongkyêr 昌都市 Chāngdū Shì (5403 / GDX)	Karuo District	མཁར་རོ་ཆུས།	mkhar ro chus	Karub Qü	卡若区	Kǎruò Qū	540302	KRO
	Jomda County	འཇོ་མདའ་རྫོང་།	'jo mda' rdzong	Jomda Zong	江达县	Jiāngdá Xiàn	540321	JOM
	Gonjo County	གོ་འཇོ་རྫོང་།	go 'jo rdzong	Gonjo Zong	贡觉县	Gòngjué Xiàn	540322	KON
	Riwoqê County	རི་བོ་ཆེ་རྫོང་།	ri bo che rdzong	Riwoqê Zong	类乌齐县	Lèiwūqí Xiàn	540323	RIW
	Dêngqên County	སྟེང་ཆེན་རྫོང་།	steng chen rdzong	Dêngqên Zong	丁青县	Dīngqīng Xiàn	540324	DEN
	Zhag'yab County	བྲག་གཡབ་རྫོང་།	brag g-yab rdzong	Zhag’yab Zong	察雅县	Cháyǎ Xiàn	540325	CHA
	Baxoi County	དཔའ་ཤོད་རྫོང་།	dpa' shod rdzong	Baxoi Zong	八宿县	Bāsù Xiàn	540326	BAX
	Zogang County	མཛོ་སྒང་རྫོང་།	mdzo sgang rdzong	Zogang Zong	左贡县	Zuǒgòng Xiàn	540327	ZOX
	Markam County	སྨར་ཁམས་རྫོང་།	smar khams rdzong	Markam Zong	芒康县	Mángkāng Xiàn	540328	MAN
	Lhorong County	ལྷོ་རོང་རྫོང་།	lho rong rdzong	Lhorong Zong	洛隆县	Luòlóng Xiàn	540329	LHO
	Banbar County	དཔལ་འབར་རྫོང་།	dpal 'bar rdzong	Banbar Zong	边坝县	Biānbà Xiàn	540330	BAN

Nyingchi city ཉིང་ཁྲི་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། nying khri grong khyer Nyingchi Chongkyêr 林芝市 Línzhī Shì (5404 / NYC)	Bayi District	བྲག་ཡིབ་ཆུས།	brag yib chus	Chagyib Qü	巴宜区	Bāyí Qū	540402	BYA
	Gongbo'gyamda County	ཀོང་པོ་རྒྱ་མདའ་རྫོང་།	kong po rgya mda' rdzong	Gongbo'gyamda Zong	工布江达县	Gōngbùjiāngdá Xiàn	540421	GOX
	Mêdog County^[b]	མེ་ཏོག་རྫོང་།	me tog rdzong	Mêdog Zong	墨脱县	Mòtuō Xiàn	540423	MET
	Bomê County	སྤོ་མེས་རྫོང་།	spo mes rdzong	Bomê Zong	波密县	Bōmì Xiàn	540424	BMI
	Zayü County^[b]	རྫ་ཡུལ་རྫོང་།	rdza yul rdzong	Zayü Zong	察隅县	Cháyú Xiàn	540425	ZAY
	Nangxian County^[c]	སྣང་རྫོང་།	snang rdzong	Nang Zong	朗县	Lǎngxiàn	540426	NGX
	Mainling city	སྨན་གླིང་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།	sman gling grong khyer	Mainling Chongkyêr	米林市	Mǐlín Shì	540481	MAX

Shannan city ལྷོ་ཁ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། lho kha grong khyer Lhoka Chongkyêr 山南市 Shānnán Shì (5405 / SNB)	Nêdong District	སྣེ་གདོང་ཆུས།	sne gdong chus	Nêdong Qü	乃东区	Nǎidōng Qū	540502	NDQ
	Zhanang County	གྲ་ནང་རྫོང་།	gra nang rdzong	Zhanang Zong	扎囊县	Zhānáng Xiàn	540521	CNG
	Gonggar County	གོང་དཀར་རྫོང་།	gong dkar rdzong	Gonggar Zong	贡嘎县	Gònggā Xiàn	540522	GON
	Sangri County	ཟངས་རི་རྫོང་།	zangs ri rdzong	Sangri Zong	桑日县	Sāngrì Xiàn	540523	SRI
	Qonggyai County	འཕྱོངས་རྒྱས་རྫོང་།	'phyongs rgyas rdzong	Qonggyai Zong	琼结县	Qióngjié Xiàn	540524	QON
	Qusum County	ཆུ་གསུམ་རྫོང་།	chu gsum rdzong	Qusum Zong	曲松县	Qūsōng Xiàn	540525	QUS
	Comai County	མཚོ་སམད་རྫོང་།	mtsho smad rdzong	Comai Zong	措美县	Cuòměi Xiàn	540526	COM
	Lhozhag County^[a]	ལྷོ་བྲག་རྫོང་།	lho brag rdzong	Lhozhag Zong	洛扎县	Luòzhā Xiàn	540527	LHX
	Gyaca County	རྒྱ་ཚ་རྫོང་།	rgya tsha rdzong	Gyaca Zong	加查县	Jiāchá Xiàn	540528	GYA
	Lhünzê County^[b]	ལྷུན་རྩེ་རྫོང་།	lhun rtse rdzong	Lhünzê Zong	隆子县	Lóngzǐ Xiàn	540529	LHZ
	Nagarzê County^[a]	སྣ་དཀར་རྩེ་རྫོང་།	sna dkar rtse rdzong	Nagarzê Zong	浪卡子县	Làngkǎzǐ Xiàn	540531	NAX
	Cona city^[b]	མཚོ་སྣ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།	mtsho sna grong khyer	Cona Chongkyêr	错那市	Cuònà Shì	540581	CON

Nagqu city ནག་ཆུ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། nag chu grong khyer Nagqu Chongkyêr 那曲市 Nàqū Shì (5406 / )	Seni District	གསེར་རྙེད་ཆུས།	gser rnyed chus	Sêrnyê Qü	色尼区	Sèní Qū	540602
	Lhari County	ལྷ་རི་རྫོང་།	lha ri rdzong	Lhari Zong	嘉黎县	Jiālí Xiàn	540621	LHR
	Biru County	འབྲི་རུ་རྫོང་།	'bri ru rdzong	Biru Zong	比如县	Bǐrú Xiàn	540622	BRU
	Nyainrong County	གཉན་རོང་རྫོང་།	gnyan rong rdzong	Nyainrong Zong	聂荣县	Nièróng Xiàn	540623	NRO
	Amdo County	ཨ་མདོ་རྫོང་།	a mdo rdzong	Amdo Zong	安多县	Ānduō Xiàn	540624	AMD
	Xainza County	ཤན་རྩ་རྫོང་།	shan rtsa rdzong	Xainza Zong	申扎县	Shēnzhā Xiàn	540625	XZX
	Sogxian County^[c]	སོག་རྫོང་།	sog rdzong	Sog Zong	索县	Suǒxiàn	540626	SOG
	Baingoin County	དཔལ་མགོན་རྫོང་།	dpal mgon rdzong	Baingoin Zong	班戈县	Bāngē Xiàn	540627	BGX
	Baqên County	སྦྲ་ཆེན་རྫོང་།	sbra chen rdzong	Baqên Zong	巴青县	Bāqīng Xiàn	540628	BQE
	Nyima County	ཉི་མ་རྫོང་།	nyi ma rdzong	Nyima Zong	尼玛县	Nímǎ Xiàn	540629	NYX
	Shuanghu County	མཚོ་གཉིས་་རྫོང་།	mtsho gnyis rdzong	Co'nyi Zong	双湖县	Shuānghú Xiàn	540630	SHA

Ngari Prefecture མངའ་རིས་ས་ཁུལ། mnga' ris sa khul Ngari Sakü 阿里地区 Ālǐ Dìqū (5425 / NGD)	Burang County	སྤུ་ཧྲེང་རྫོང་།	spu hreng rdzong	Buranga Zong	普兰县	Pǔlán Xiàn	542521	BUR
	Zanda County^[b]	རྩ་མདའ་རྫོང་།	rtsa mda' rdzong	Zandaa Zong	札达县	Zhádá Xiàn	542522	ZAN
	Gar County^[b]	སྒར་རྫོང་།	sgar rdzong	Gar Zong	噶尔县	Gá'ěr Xiàn	542523	GAR
	Rutog County^[b]	རུ་ཐོག་རྫོང་།	ru thog rdzong	Rutog Zong	日土县	Rìtǔ Xiàn	542524	RUT
	Gê'gyai County	དགེ་རྒྱས་རྫོང་།	dge rgyas rdzong	Gê'gyaia Zong	革吉县	Géjí Xiàn	542525	GEG
	Gêrzê County	སྒེར་རྩེ་རྫོང་།	sger rtse rdzong	Gêrzêa Zong	改则县	Gǎizé Xiàn	542526	GER
	Coqên County	མཚོ་ཆེན་རྫོང་།	mtsho chen rdzong	Coqêna Zong	措勤县	Cuòqín Xiàn	542527	COQ

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Some of the border regions are claimed or controlled by the PRC, also claimed or controlled by Bhutan. For more information see Bhutan–China border.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Some of the border regions are claimed or controlled by the PRC, also claimed or controlled by India. For more information see Sino-Indian border dispute.
^ ^a ^b Official name registered by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Administrative divisions history

Recent changes in administrative divisions

Date	Before	After	Note	Reference^[2]^[3]
1983-01-18	all Province-controlled city (P-City) → Prefecture-level city (PL-City)			Civil Affairs Announcement
1983-01-18	all Prefecture-controlled city (PC-City) → County-level city (CL-City)			Civil Affairs Announcement
1983-10-07	parts of Lhasa (PL-City)	Nyingchi Prefecture	established
	↳ Mêdog County	↳ Mêdog County	transferred
	↳ Mainling County	↳ Mainling County	transferred
	↳ Nyingchi County	↳ Nyingchi County	transferred
	↳ Gongbo'gyamda County	↳ Gongbo'gyamda County	transferred
	parts of Shannan Prefecture	Nyingchi Prefecture	transferred
	↳ Nang County	↳ Nang County	transferred
	parts of Qamdo Prefecture	Nyingchi Prefecture	transferred
	↳ Bomê County	↳ Bomê County	transferred
	↳ Zayü County	↳ Zayü County	transferred
	↳ Zayü County	↳ Pütog County	established
	↳ parts of Zogang County	↳ Pütog County	established
	parts of Xigazê Prefecture	Gyangzê Prefecture	established
	↳ Yadong County	↳ Yadong County	transferred
	↳ Kangmar County	↳ Kangmar County	transferred
	↳ Kamba County	↳ Kamba County	transferred
	↳ Gyangzê County	↳ Gyangzê County	transferred
	↳ Rinbung County	↳ Rinbung County	transferred
	↳ Bainang County	↳ Bainang County	transferred
	parts of Shannan Prefecture	Gyangzê Prefecture	transferred
	↳ Nagarzê County	↳ Nagarzê County	transferred
	parts of Baingoin County	Nyima County	established
	parts of Xainza County	Nyima County	established
	parts of Markam County	Yanjing County	established
	parts of Qamdo County	Toba County	established
	parts of Zhag'yab County		established
	parts of Jomda County		established
	parts of Qamdo County	Sibda County	established
	parts of Jomda County	Sibda County	established
	parts of Zhongba County	Lunggar County	established
1986-04-07	Qonggyai County (穷结县)	Qonggyai County (琼结县)	renamed
1986-09-12	Gyangzê Prefecture	Xigazê Prefecture	disestablished & merged into
	↳ Yadong County	↳ Yadong County	transferred
	↳ Kangmar County	↳ Kangmar County	transferred
	↳ Kamba County	↳ Kamba County	transferred
	↳ Gyangzê County	↳ Gyangzê County	transferred
	↳ Rinbung County	↳ Rinbung County	transferred
	↳ Bainang County	↳ Bainang County	transferred
	Gyangzê Prefecture	Shannan Prefecture	disestablished & merged into
	↳ Nagarzê County	↳ Nagarzê County	transferred
1986-12-12	Xigazê County	Xigazê (CL-City)	reorganized
1999-09-21	Lunggar County	Zhongba County	merged into	Civil Affairs [1999]54
	Yanjing County	Markam County	merged into
	Pütog County	Zogang County	merged into
	Toba County	Qamdo County	merged into
	Sibda County	Jomda County	merged into
2012-11-15	parts of Nyima County	Shuanghu County	established	State Council [2012]191
2014-06-26	Xigazê Prefecture	Xigazê (PL-City)	reorganized	State Council [2014]79
2014-06-26	Xigazê (CL-City)	Samzhubzê District	reorganized	State Council [2014]79
2014-10-20	Qamdo Prefecture	Qamdo (PL-City)	reorganized	State Council [2014]143
2014-10-20	Qamdo County	Karub District	reorganized	State Council [2014]143
2015-03-16	Nyingchi Prefecture	Nyingchi (PL-City)	reorganized	State Council [2015]51
2015-03-16	Nyingchi County	Bayi District	reorganized	State Council [2015]51
2015-10-13	Doilungdêqên County	Doilungdêqên District	reorganized	State Council [2015]185
2016-01-07	Shannan Prefecture	Shannan (PL-City)	reorganized	State Council [2016]8
2016-01-07	Nêdong County	Nêdong District	reorganized	State Council [2016]8
2017-07-18	Dagzê County	Dagzê District	reorganized	State Council [2017]107
2017-07-18	Nagqu Prefecture	Nagqu (PL-City)	reorganized	State Council [2017]109
2017-07-18	Nagqu County	Seni District	reorganized	State Council [2017]109

Population composition

Prefectures

Prefecture	2010	2000
Ngari	95,465
Nagqu	462,382
Qamdo	657,505
Xigazê	703,292
Lhasa	559,423	474,499
Shannan	328,990
Nyingchi Prefecture	195,109

Counties

Name	Prefecture	2010
Chengguan	Lhasa	279,074
Doilungdêqên	Lhasa	52,249
Dagzê	Lhasa	26,708
Lhünzhub	Lhasa	50,246
Damxung	Lhasa	46,463
Nyêmo	Lhasa	28,149
Qüxü	Lhasa	31,860
Maizhokunggar	Lhasa	44,674
Qamdo → Karub	Qamdo	87,387
Jomdo	Qamdo	75,238
Gonjo	Qamdo	38,741
Riwoqê	Qamdo	40,813
Dêngqên	Qamdo	63,209
Zhag'yab	Qamdo	53,130
Baxoi	Qamdo	41,163
Zogang	Qamdo	40,819
Markam	Qamdo	81,659
Lhorong	Qamdo	44,241
Banbar	Qamdo	32,462
Nêdong	Lhoka	57,334
Zhanang	Lhoka	38,268
Gonggar	Lhoka	47,255
Sangri	Lhoka	16,453
Qonggyai	Lhoka	18,089
Qusum	Lhoka	16,943
Comai	Lhoka	14,320
Lhozhag	Lhoka	18,511
Gyaca	Lhoka	18,746
Lhünzê	Lhoka	34,097
Cona	Lhoka	14,901
Nagarzê	Lhoka	35,235
Xigazê → Samzhubzê	Xigazê	102,894
Namling	Xigazê	79,909
Gyantse	Xigazê	63,398
Tingri	Xigazê	49,108
Sa'gya	Xigazê	46,118
Lhatse	Xigazê	49,575
Ngamring	Xigazê	47,195
Xaitongmoin	Xigazê	43,532
Bainang	Xigazê	44,240
Rinbung	Xigazê	31,288
Kangmar	Xigazê	20,912
Dinggyê	Xigazê	18,458
Zhongba	Xigazê	19,493
Yadong	Xigazê	12,189
Gyirong	Xigazê	13,329
Nyalam	Xigazê	15,147
Saga	Xigazê	12,939
Kamba	Xigazê	10,047
Nagqu → Seni	Nagqu	91,859
Lhari	Nagqu	27,955
Biru	Nagqu	51,473
Nyainrong	Nagqu	31,292
Amdo	Nagqu	35,947
Xainza	Nagqu	18,030
Sog(xian)	Nagqu	39,036
Baingoin	Nagqu	35,780
Baqên	Nagqu	45,257
Nyima	Nagqu	37,925
Shuanghu	Nagqu	10,000
Gar	Ngari	13,367
Burang	Ngari	8,658
Zanda	Ngari	6,567
Rutog	Ngari	8,292
Gê'gyai	Ngari	13,524
Gêrzê	Ngari	20,870
Coqên	Ngari	12,183
Nyingchi	Nyingchi	40,496
Gongbo'gyamda	Nyingchi	25,677
Mainling	Nyingchi	18,509
Mêdog	Nyingchi	10,623
Bomê	Nyingchi	28,288
Zayü	Nyingchi	25,784
Nang(xian)	Nyingchi	14,954

References

Citations

^ 最新县及县以上行政区划代码（截止2014年10月31日） (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China.
^ 中华人民共和国行政区划沿革 (1949-2006). www.gov.cn. Government of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
^ 县级以上行政区划变更情况 (1999-present). www.mca.gov.cn. Ministry of Civial Affairs of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 11 January 2016.

Sources

THDL.org: Gazetteer of Tibet & the Himalayas

[fn2-2] Some of the border regions are claimed or controlled by the PRC, also claimed or controlled by Bhutan. For more information see Bhutan–China border.

[fn1-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Some of the border regions are claimed or controlled by the PRC, also claimed or controlled by India. For more information see Sino-Indian border dispute.

[c1-4] Official name registered by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

[1] 最新县及县以上行政区划代码（截止2014年10月31日） (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China.

[5] 中华人民共和国行政区划沿革 (1949-2006). www.gov.cn. Government of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 11 January 2016.

[6] 县级以上行政区划变更情况 (1999-present). www.mca.gov.cn. Ministry of Civial Affairs of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 11 January 2016.

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