Nyalam County

Nyalam County
གཉའ་ལམ་རྫོང་། · 聂拉木县
County
Milarepa's Cave
Milarepa's Cave
Location of Nyalam County within Tibet Autonomous Region
Location of Nyalam County within Tibet Autonomous Region
Nyalam is located in Tibet
Nyalam
Nyalam
Location of the county seat in Tibet
Nyalam is located in China
Nyalam
Nyalam
Nyalam (China)
Coordinates (Nyalam County government): 28°09′19″N 85°58′56″E / 28.1552°N 85.9822°E / 28.1552; 85.9822
CountryChina
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityXigazê
County seatNyalam
Area
 • Total
7,863.92 km2 (3,036.28 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
17,009
 • Density2.2/km2 (5.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.nlmx.gov.cn
Nyalam County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese聂拉木县
Traditional Chinese聶拉木縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNièlāmù Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanགཉའ་ལམ་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wyliegnya' lam rdzong
Tibetan PinyinNyalam Zong

Nyalam County (Chinese: 聂拉木县; Tibetan: གཉའ་ལམ་རྫོང་།) is a county in Shigatse, Tibet, China.[2] It borders on Nepal.

The land area of the county is 7,903 km2 (3,051 sq mi). The population as of 2003 was 10,000. The postal code for the county is 858300.

The county seat is in Nyalam Town.

The other town of the county is Zhangmu, also known by its Tibetan name Dram, or Nepali Khasa. It is located near the border and is the point of entry from Nepal. At "merely" 2,300 meters elevation about the sea level, Zhangmu has mild and humid subtropical climate, which is a rarity for Tibet.

It is one of the four counties that comprise the Qomolangma National Nature Preserve (Nyalam, Tingri, Dinggyê, and Kyirong).[3]

Administration divisions

Nyalam County is divided into 2 towns and 5 townships.

Name Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie
Towns
Nyalam Town 聂拉木镇 Nièlāmù zhèn གནའ་ལམ་གྲོང་རྡལ། gnya' lam grong rdal
Dram Town 樟木镇 Zhāngmù zhèn འགྲམ་གྲོང་རྡལ། 'gram grong rdal
Townships
Yarlêb Township 亚来乡 Yàlái xiāng ཡར་སླེབས་ཤང་། yar slebs shang
Zurco Township 琐作乡 Suǒzuò xiāng ཟུར་མཚོ་ཤང་། zur mtsho shang
Nailung Township 乃龙乡 Nǎilóng xiāng ནས་ལུང་ཤང་། nas lung shang
Mainpu Township 门布乡 Ménbù xiāng སྨན་ཕུ་ཤང་། sman phu shang
Borong Township 波绒乡 Bōróng xiāng སྤོ་རོང་ཤང་། spo rong shang

Climate

Climate data for Nyalam, elevation 3,810 m (12,500 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 16.3
(61.3) 		17.7
(63.9) 		17.6
(63.7) 		18.0
(64.4) 		20.6
(69.1) 		21.6
(70.9) 		23.1
(73.6) 		21.7
(71.1) 		19.2
(66.6) 		18.4
(65.1) 		16.1
(61.0) 		15.9
(60.6) 		23.1
(73.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 3.0
(37.4) 		3.7
(38.7) 		6.2
(43.2) 		9.5
(49.1) 		12.0
(53.6) 		14.4
(57.9) 		15.2
(59.4) 		15.3
(59.5) 		13.8
(56.8) 		10.5
(50.9) 		8.1
(46.6) 		5.9
(42.6) 		9.8
(49.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) −3.2
(26.2) 		−2.4
(27.7) 		0.2
(32.4) 		3.2
(37.8) 		6.3
(43.3) 		9.7
(49.5) 		10.9
(51.6) 		10.7
(51.3) 		9.0
(48.2) 		4.3
(39.7) 		0.9
(33.6) 		−1.1
(30.0) 		4.0
(39.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −8.0
(17.6) 		−7.0
(19.4) 		−4.2
(24.4) 		−1.0
(30.2) 		2.4
(36.3) 		6.5
(43.7) 		8.4
(47.1) 		8.1
(46.6) 		5.9
(42.6) 		−0.2
(31.6) 		−4.1
(24.6) 		−6.1
(21.0) 		0.1
(32.1)
Record low °C (°F) −19.1
(−2.4) 		−17.8
(0.0) 		−14.3
(6.3) 		−12.0
(10.4) 		−5.3
(22.5) 		−1.3
(29.7) 		3.9
(39.0) 		3.0
(37.4) 		−2.2
(28.0) 		−8.6
(16.5) 		−11.6
(11.1) 		−18.2
(−0.8) 		−19.1
(−2.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 48.3
(1.90) 		64.9
(2.56) 		65.6
(2.58) 		49.1
(1.93) 		39.1
(1.54) 		54.2
(2.13) 		80.9
(3.19) 		74.4
(2.93) 		72.9
(2.87) 		38.2
(1.50) 		10.6
(0.42) 		14.9
(0.59) 		613.1
(24.14)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 7.4 10.5 14.6 15.3 14.8 16.5 24.8 24.5 17.4 6.2 2.9 2.3 157.2
Average snowy days 8.4 12.5 17.3 13.0 3.2 0.1 0 0 0.1 3.0 4.0 3.1 64.7
Average relative humidity (%) 47 54 62 68 73 79 83 83 81 69 52 40 66
Mean monthly sunshine hours 194.3 177.3 206.0 220.8 264.8 241.6 192.9 185.9 190.5 221.6 212.0 206.1 2,513.8
Percent possible sunshine 59 56 55 57 63 58 46 46 52 63 66 64 57
Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5]

Transport

  • Nyalam County
  • Map including Nyalam County area (DMA, 1981)
    Map including Nyalam County area (DMA, 1981)
  • Zhangmu
    Zhangmu
  • Zhangmu to Lalung La
    Zhangmu to Lalung La
  • Lalung La
    Lalung La
  • Lalung La
    Lalung La

References

  1. ^ "日喀则市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Government of Xigazê. 2021-07-20.
  2. ^ Croddy, E. (2022). China’s Provinces and Populations: A Chronological and Geographical Survey. Springer International Publishing. p. 698. ISBN 978-3-031-09165-0. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  5. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
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