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Gyirong County

Kyirong[2]orGyirong County(Tibetan:སྐྱིད་གྲོང་རྫོང་།), also known by its Chinese nameJilong(Chinese:Cát long huyện),[3]is a county of theShigatsePrefecture,Tibet Autonomous Region,China.[4]It is famous for its mild climatically conditions and its abundant vegetation which is unusual for the Tibetan plateau. The capital lies atZongga(Gungthang). Its name in Tibetan, Dzongka, means "mud walls".

Kyirong County
Cát long huyện•སྐྱིད་གྲོང་རྫོང་།
Gyirong, Jilong
County
Tso Drolung (Drolung Lake)
Tso Drolung (Drolung Lake)
Location of Gyirong County (red) within Xigazê City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region
Location of Gyirong County (red) within Xigazê City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region
Kyirong is located in Tibet
Kyirong
Kyirong
Location of the seat in Tibet
Kyirong is located in China
Kyirong
Kyirong
Kyirong (China)
Coordinates:28°51′16″N85°17′48″E/ 28.85444°N 85.29667°E/28.85444; 85.29667
CountryChina
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityShigatse
County seatDzongka
Area
• Total
9,019.7 km2(3,482.5 sq mi)
Population
(2020)[1]
• Total
17,536
• Density1.9/km2(5.0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8(China Standard)
Websitewww.jilong.gov.cn
Gyirong County
Chinese name
Simplified ChineseCát long huyện
Traditional ChineseCát long huyện
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJílóng Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanསྐྱིད་གྲོང་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wylieskyid grong rdzong
THLkyi rong dzong
Tibetan PinyinGyirong Zong

It is one of the four counties that comprise theQomolangma National Nature Preserve(Kyirong,Dinggyê,Nyalam,andTingri).[5]

In 1945,Peter Aufschnaitercounted 26 temples and monasteries which covered the area of sKyid-grong and the neighboring La-sdebs. The most famous temple of sKyid-grong is the Byams-sprin lha-khang, erected by the famous Tibetan king Srong-btsan sgam-po (Songtsän Gampo) as one of the four Yang-´dul temples in the 7th century A.D. During the 11th century, the famous South Asian scholarAtishavisited sKyi-grong. sKyid-grong was one of the favorite meditation places of the Tibetan Yogin Mi-la ras-pa (Milarepa).

The localKyirong languagehas been researched thoroughly and folk literature of this region was collected and published during the 1980s.

Special places

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Of outstanding importance are the Byams-sprin lha-khang temple, which was built in the 7th century A. D., and the ´Phags-pa lha-khang temple. The ´Phags-pa lha-khang formerly contained one of the holiest Avalokiteshvara statues of Tibet, the statue of the Ārya Va-ti bzang-po. This statue was brought to India in 1959 and is now kept inDharamsala.

Of some importance is the bKra-shis bdam-gtan gling monastery, founded by yongs-´dzin Ye-shes rgyal-mtshan (1713–1793), who was one of the teachers of the8th Dalai Lama.

Lake Paikuis in this county. This is a 27 km (17 mi) long, slightly salty lake surrounded by snowy peaks 5,700 to 6,000 m (18,700 to 19,700 ft) high. Secondly, there isSanjen Valleywhich is located at the foot of Sanchen Glaciers and Yangra Mountain. It is also called a Hidden Valley of Tibet. It is very small valley where there are many yak shed but not any human settlement and only used seasonally by the Nomadic peoples of Nepal and Tibet.

Administration divisions

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Gyirong County is divided into 2 towns and 4 townships.

Name Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie
Towns
Dzongka Town
(Zongga) 		Tông ca trấn Zōnggā zhèn རྫོང་དགའ་གྲོང་རྡལ། rdzong dga' grong rdal
Kyirong Town
(Gyirong) 		Cát long trấn Jílóng zhèn སྐྱིད་གྲོང་གྲོང་རྡལ། skyid grong grong rdal
Townships
Drakna Township Kém kia hương Chànà xiāng བྲག་སྣ་ཤང་། brag sna shang
Trepa Township Chiết ba hương Zhébā xiāng ཀྲེ་པ་ཤང་། kre pa shang
Gungtang Township Cống đương hương Gòngdāng xiāng གུང་ཐང་ཤང་། gung thang shang
Sale Township Tát lặc hương Sàlè xiāng ས་ལེ་ཤང་། sa le shang

Transportation

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Up to 1960, one of the main trade routes between Nepal and Tibet passed through this region. Easily accessible from Nepal, it was used several times as an entrance gate for military actions from the site of Nepal against Tibet. In 2017, Chinese soldiers began building a new road on the Tibetan side of the border, and intend to continue construction into Nepal viaRasuwapending approval from Kathmandu.[6]

A possibility ofa transborder railway linkalong a similar route (Gyirong to Kathmandu via Rasuwa) is considered as well.[7]

Maps

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  • Map including part of Kyirong County (AMS,1955)
  • Map including "Gyirong (Zongga)" (DMA,1985)

References

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  1. ^"Ngày khách tắc thị đệ thất thứ cả nước dân cư tổng điều tra chủ yếu số liệu công báo"(in Chinese). Government of Xigazê. 2021-07-20. Archived fromthe originalon 2021-10-26.Retrieved2023-08-13.
  2. ^Dorje 2004,p. 327.
  3. ^"Geographical names of Tibet AR (China): Xigazê Prefecture-Level City".KNAB Place Name Database.Institute of the Estonian Language. 2018-06-03.
  4. ^Croddy, E. (2022).China’s Provinces and Populations: A Chronological and Geographical Survey.Springer International Publishing. p. 698.ISBN978-3-031-09165-0.Retrieved2024-03-07.
  5. ^Department of Forestry, Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China, ‘’Report on Protected Lands in the Tibet Autonomous Region’’ Lhasa: Tibet Autonomous Region Government Publishing House, 2006
  6. ^Lhuboom; Richard Finney (September 8, 2017)."China Builds Road to Nepal Border, Sets Up Flag".Translated by Damdul, Dorjee.Radio Free Asia.The group, which appeared on Sept. 1 at Nepal's border with Kyirong county in the Tibet Autonomous Region, distributed food and clothing to the Nepalese, promising to help them with the roadwork and other construction projects in Nepal if permission can be obtained from government authorities in Kathmandu, a resident of the area told RFA's Tibetan Service.
  7. ^"The Uneasy Future of the Nepal-China Railway".2019-06-20.

Bibliography

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