Nêdong 乃东区 •སྣེ་གདོང་ཆུས། | |
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![]() Yumbu Lhakhang, the first palace of Tibet | |
Coordinates:29°13′12″N91°46′48″E / 29.22000°N 91.78000°E /29.22000; 91.78000 | |
Country | China |
Autonomous region | Tibet |
Prefecture-level city | Shannan (Lhoka) |
District seat | Tsetang Subdistrict |
Area | |
• Total | 2,184.98 km2 (843.63 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 81,608 |
• Density | 37/km2 (97/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+08:00 (China Standard) |
Website | www |
Nedong, Shannan | |||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 乃东区 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 乃東區 | ||||||
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Tibetan name | |||||||
Tibetan | སྣེ་གདོང་ཆུས། | ||||||
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Nêdong District (Tibetan:སྣེ་གདོང་ཆུས།;Chinese:乃东区) is a district ofShannan in theTibet Autonomous Region, China. Nêdong District has a storied administrative history rooted in its strategic location along theYarlung River.
Tradruk Temple, an important earlyBuddhist monastery dating to the reign ofSongtsen Gampo, is located in theYarlung Valley in Nêdong as isYungbulakang Palace.
Originally part of the ancientTibetan Empire, it served as a key administrative center during the 7th–9th centuries CE, withYumbu Lakhang Palace symbolizing its royal legacy.[2]
During theYuan Dynasty (1271–1368), the area was incorporated into the Central Government's governance as part of theÜ-Tsang region.[3] In the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1912) periods, Nêdong evolved into a county-level entity, overseeing local affairs and serving as a cultural nexus.[4] In 1959, Naedong County was established under the jurisdiction of the Shannan Special Administrative Region.[5] In 1970, the Shannan Special Administrative Region was renamedShannan Prefecture. In February 2016, theState Council approved the abolition of Shannan Prefecture and Nedong County, establishing Shannan City at the prefectural level and Nedong District underShannan City.[6]
Nêdong District contains 1subdistrict, 1town and 5townships.
Name | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie |
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Subdistrict | ||||
Tsetang Subdistrict | 泽当街道 | Zédāng Jiēdào | རྩེད་ཐང་ཁྲོམ་ལམ་། | rtsed thang khrom lam |
Town | ||||
Thradrug Town | 昌珠镇 | Chāngzhū zhèn | ཁྲ་འབྲུག་གྲོང་རྡལ། | khra 'brug grong rdal |
Townships | ||||
Yadoi Township | 亚堆乡 | Yàduī xiāng | ཡ་སྟོད་ཤང་། | ya stod shang |
Sodruk Township | 索珠乡 | Suǒzhū xiāng | སོ་དྲུག་ཤང་། | so drug shang |
Dopozhang Township | 多颇章乡 | Duōpōzhāng xiāng | རྡོ་ཕོ་བྲང་ཤང་། | sdo pho brang shang |
Kerpa Township | 结巴乡 | Jiébā xiāng | སྐར་པ་ཤང་། | skar pa shang |
Pozhang Township | 颇章乡 | Pōzhāng xiāng | པོ་བྲང་ཤང་། | pho brang shang |
Climate data for Shannan (Nedong District), elevation 3,560 m (11,680 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 20.5 (68.9) | 20.6 (69.1) | 25.0 (77.0) | 26.5 (79.7) | 28.7 (83.7) | 30.0 (86.0) | 30.3 (86.5) | 28.5 (83.3) | 27.1 (80.8) | 24.5 (76.1) | 22.5 (72.5) | 19.3 (66.7) | 30.3 (86.5) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.3 (48.7) | 10.8 (51.4) | 14.2 (57.6) | 17.2 (63.0) | 20.7 (69.3) | 23.9 (75.0) | 23.6 (74.5) | 22.7 (72.9) | 21.5 (70.7) | 18.4 (65.1) | 13.7 (56.7) | 10.3 (50.5) | 17.2 (63.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.8 (33.4) | 3.1 (37.6) | 6.7 (44.1) | 9.5 (49.1) | 13.2 (55.8) | 16.5 (61.7) | 16.5 (61.7) | 15.9 (60.6) | 14.5 (58.1) | 10.4 (50.7) | 4.8 (40.6) | 1.0 (33.8) | 9.4 (48.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −6.7 (19.9) | −4.2 (24.4) | −0.3 (31.5) | 2.9 (37.2) | 6.8 (44.2) | 10.6 (51.1) | 11.6 (52.9) | 11.2 (52.2) | 9.4 (48.9) | 4.0 (39.2) | −2.1 (28.2) | −6.2 (20.8) | 3.1 (37.5) |
Record low °C (°F) | −18.2 (−0.8) | −13.3 (8.1) | −10.1 (13.8) | −6.8 (19.8) | −2.6 (27.3) | 0.7 (33.3) | 5.8 (42.4) | 4.5 (40.1) | −0.7 (30.7) | −6.1 (21.0) | −11.2 (11.8) | −14.8 (5.4) | −18.2 (−0.8) |
Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 0.6 (0.02) | 1.5 (0.06) | 4.9 (0.19) | 14.4 (0.57) | 30.0 (1.18) | 52.4 (2.06) | 122.4 (4.82) | 113.0 (4.45) | 53.7 (2.11) | 8.5 (0.33) | 1.2 (0.05) | 0.5 (0.02) | 403.1 (15.86) |
Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 0.5 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 6.4 | 9.3 | 13.5 | 19.9 | 18.6 | 12.4 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 89.2 |
Average snowy days | 1.4 | 2.6 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 19.5 |
Averagerelative humidity (%) | 28 | 27 | 32 | 40 | 44 | 51 | 61 | 62 | 58 | 44 | 33 | 31 | 43 |
Mean monthlysunshine hours | 230.2 | 220.5 | 250.8 | 255.9 | 269.9 | 248.3 | 213.8 | 223.0 | 231.7 | 264.2 | 244.3 | 237.8 | 2,890.4 |
Percentagepossible sunshine | 71 | 69 | 67 | 66 | 64 | 59 | 50 | 55 | 63 | 75 | 77 | 75 | 66 |
Source:China Meteorological Administration[7][8] |