Nyarixung (Tibetan: ཉ་རི་གཞུང་), also Nierixiong (simplified Chinese: 聂日雄乡; traditional Chinese: 聶日雄鄉; pinyin: Nièrìxióng Xiāng), is a township of Samzhubzê District (Shigatse City), in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. At the time of the 2010 census, the township had a population of 5,119 and an area of 555 square kilometres (214 sq mi).[1] As of 2019, it had 16 villages under its administration.[2] The main village of Nyarixung lies 15.3 kilometres (9.5 mi) by road to the northwest of the city of Shigatse, on the south bank of the Yarlung Tsangpo River.[3]

Nyarixung
ཉ་རི་གཞུང་ · 聂日雄乡
Nyarixung is located in Tibet
Nyarixung
Nyarixung
Location within Tibet
Coordinates: 29°19′30″N 88°47′29″E / 29.3250°N 88.7914°E / 29.3250; 88.7914
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityShigatse
DistrictSamzhubzê
Area
 • Total555 km2 (214 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total5,119
 • Major Nationalities
Tibetan
 • Regional dialect
Tibetan language
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

References

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  1. ^ 桑珠孜区概况地图沿革 (in Chinese (China)). xzqh.org. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. ^ 2019年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:聂日雄乡. National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China.
  3. ^ "Nyirixung Township" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 14 May 2015.