Mainling County

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Mainling County
米林县 • སྨན་གླིང་རྫོང་།
County
Location of Mainling County (red) within Nyingchi City (yellow) and Tibet Autonomous Region
Location of Mainling County (red) within Nyingchi City (yellow) and Tibet Autonomous Region
Mainling is located in Tibet
Mainling
Mainling
Location of the seat in the Tibet Autonomous Region
Coordinates: 29°36′00.00″N 94°12′07.20″E / 29.6000000°N 94.2020000°E / 29.6000000; 94.2020000Coordinates: 29°36′00.00″N 94°12′07.20″E / 29.6000000°N 94.2020000°E / 29.6000000; 94.2020000
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityNyingchi
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Mainling County (Tibetan: སྨན་གླིང་རྫོང་།, Wylie: sman gling rdzong, ZYPY: Mainling Zong; Chinese: 米林县; pinyin: Mǐlín Xiàn) is a county under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Nyingchi in eastern Tibet Autonomous Region.

Geography[]

Mainling County is located in the central-west of the Nyingtri Prefecture, at the middle reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, and between the Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains and the Himalayan Mountains. It covers an area of 9,471 square kilometres. The average altitude is 3,700 metres above sea level.

Economy[]

The mine resources of the county are gold dust, plaster, limestone, chromium and iron, etc.

The main economy style in Mainling County is farming and forest industry. The main species of the trees are fir, spruce, pine, oak, and cypress, etc. The total cumulation volume of woods is 40 million cubic metres. The special fruit productions are apples, apple pears, walnuts and peaches.

Nyingchi Mainling Airport is located in Mainling County.

Demography[]

In 1999 the county had a population of 17347 inhabitants.[1]

The county is home to the Lhoba people.

Villages[]

References[]

  1. ^ National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period, in China County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS

External links[]

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