Nyingchi 林芝市 · ཉིང་ཁྲི་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། | |
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 An intersection inBayi,Bayi District, Nyingchi | |
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| Coordinates (Nyingchi municipal government):29°38′56″N94°21′41″E / 29.6488°N 94.3614°E /29.6488; 94.3614 | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Tibet |
| Prefecture-level city | Nyingchi |
| City seat | Bayi District (Bayi Town) |
| Area | |
• Total | 116,175 km2 (44,855 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 200,000 |
| • Density | 1.7/km2 (4.5/sq mi) |
| GDP[1] | |
| • Total | CN¥ 10.4 billion US$ 1.7 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 49,039 US$ 7,873 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-XZ-04 |
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| Chinese | 林芝 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | ཉིང་ཁྲི་ས། | ||||||
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Nyingchi (Wylie:nying khri grong khyer,THL:nying tri drong khyer,ZYPY:nyingchi chongkyêr), also known asLinzhi (Chinese:林芝;pinyin:Linzhi) orNyingtri, is aprefecture-level city in the southeast of theTibet Autonomous Region inChina. The administrative seat of Nyingchi isBayi District.
Nyingchi is the location ofBuchu Monastery.
The origins of Nyingchi date back to Tibet'sprehistoric era.[2] Researchers discovered several human bones and burial groups from theNeolithic Age near theNiyang River in the 1970s, suggesting that humans in Nyingchi were engaged in slash-and-burn agriculture and led a relatively sedentary lifestyle as early as 4,000-5,000 years ago.[3] Unearthed artifacts, including net pendants and arrowheads, indicate that the inhabitants of this region, along the ancient Niyang River,Yarlung Zangbo River, and ancient lakes, were involved in both cultivation and fishing activities along the riverbanks.[4]
Initially, Linzhi was under the dominion of the King ofKongpo. In theSakya andPatrul epochs (13th-16th centuries), Nyingchi emerged as the dominion of theKarma Kagyu sect ofTibetan Buddhism. Subsequently, in the 17th century, theGandenpozhang regime was instituted, leading to the partitioning of Nyingchi into the territories ofNgapoi,Jangzhong, and Kala, which were further subdivided into Zelah, Jomu, Shekhar, and Jangdar dzongs. TheBomi region had long been governed by the indigenous leaderKallang Depa and was in a condition of secession.[5]
In 1931, the Tibetan government partitioned Nyingchi Bomi into two administrative divisions: Bodu andBomê, while the Mêdog area was reclassified asMêdog zong.[6]
Tibet was annexed by China in May 1951. In January 1960, the Tagaung Special Department was established, and in February 1960, it was restructured as the Nyingchi Prefecture, with the Special Department located in Nyingchi County.[7] In March 2015,State Council of China sanctioned the dissolution of Linzhi Prefecture and the creation of Nyingchi City at the prefecture level, as well as the dissolution of Linzhi County and the establishment ofBayi District.[8][9] In July 2021,Xi Jinping, at the timeGeneral Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party,President of China, andChairman of the Central Military Commission, conducted a research visit to Nyingchi.[10]
The average elevation of Nyingchi is 3,040 meters (9,974 feet), which is the lowest compared with the other prefectures in Tibet. The relatively low elevation compared to other regions of the Tibetan plateau yields a lower risk ofaltitude sickness.Guangdong province announced in 2012 that it plans to invest more than RMB 400 million (US$63 million) in Nyingchi's tourism industry. According to the plan, Guangdong will help build 22 "prosperous model villages" in Nyingchi in counties such asBomê andZayü.[11]
The opening ceremony was held on the morning of September 9, 2015 for theLa-Lin Highway [zh] (Lhasa to Mozhugongka section) and (Gongbu Jiangda to Linzhi section) connectingLhasa-Linzhi.[12][13] It takes about 5 hours to travel fromLhasa to Nyingchi by a highway opened at the end of 2018.[14] Nyingchi is connected to Lhasa by the 435-kilometerLhasa–Nyingchi railway, completed in 2021. The journey from Lhasa by train takes 2.5 hours.[15]
TheLinzhi Milin Airport was opened in Nyingchi in March 2017. Linzhi Airport initiatedRNP navigation procedures in 2006, becoming the first airport in China to operate exclusively with RNP.[16] It is presently the sole transportation airport globally where all aircraft takeoffs and landings are mandated to adhere to RNP AR procedures, necessitating compliance with specific aircraft and crew qualifications.[17] In 2018, the construction of theEngineered materials arrestor system (EMAS) was completed at the Miling Airport.[18][19][20]
Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate assubtropical highland (Cwb).[21]
| Climate data for Nyingchi, elevation 2,992 m (9,816 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) | 19.4 (66.9) | 20.2 (68.4) | 24.0 (75.2) | 25.3 (77.5) | 28.0 (82.4) | 29.0 (84.2) | 31.4 (88.5) | 29.6 (85.3) | 30.2 (86.4) | 24.5 (76.1) | 19.9 (67.8) | 16.7 (62.1) | 31.4 (88.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) | 10.9 (51.6) | 13.8 (56.8) | 17.0 (62.6) | 19.7 (67.5) | 21.7 (71.1) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.4 (72.3) | 20.7 (69.3) | 17.5 (63.5) | 14.0 (57.2) | 10.3 (50.5) | 16.6 (61.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.1 (34.0) | 3.3 (37.9) | 6.3 (43.3) | 9.3 (48.7) | 12.4 (54.3) | 15.4 (59.7) | 16.5 (61.7) | 16.0 (60.8) | 14.3 (57.7) | 10.5 (50.9) | 5.8 (42.4) | 2.0 (35.6) | 9.4 (48.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4.6 (23.7) | −2.1 (28.2) | 1.2 (34.2) | 4.3 (39.7) | 7.5 (45.5) | 11.2 (52.2) | 12.5 (54.5) | 12.0 (53.6) | 10.4 (50.7) | 5.8 (42.4) | −0.1 (31.8) | −3.8 (25.2) | 4.5 (40.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.3 (4.5) | −13.3 (8.1) | −10.1 (13.8) | −4.6 (23.7) | −1.6 (29.1) | 3.0 (37.4) | 3.9 (39.0) | 2.9 (37.2) | −1.0 (30.2) | −5.0 (23.0) | −10.4 (13.3) | −15.3 (4.5) | −15.3 (4.5) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 2.0 (0.08) | 4.1 (0.16) | 21.2 (0.83) | 47.9 (1.89) | 80.1 (3.15) | 125.2 (4.93) | 137.4 (5.41) | 128.2 (5.05) | 110.3 (4.34) | 37.3 (1.47) | 4.3 (0.17) | 0.7 (0.03) | 698.7 (27.51) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.1 | 5.2 | 11.3 | 16.9 | 19.9 | 23.7 | 23.1 | 21.1 | 20.7 | 12.8 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 162.6 |
| Average snowy days | 7.3 | 10.8 | 8.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 33.8 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 49 | 51 | 57 | 62 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 65 | 55 | 51 | 63 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 189.5 | 157.3 | 167.0 | 158.0 | 161.2 | 122.1 | 131.3 | 141.2 | 132.8 | 166.4 | 191.3 | 201.3 | 1,919.4 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 58 | 50 | 45 | 41 | 38 | 29 | 31 | 35 | 36 | 48 | 60 | 64 | 45 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[22][23] | |||||||||||||
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According to local forestry officials, Nyingchi hosts the country's largest primitive forest region that covers 26.4 billion cubic metres, storing over 800 million cubic metres of wood.[24] The forests of Bomi, Zayu and Loyu have ancient dragon spruces which reach heights of over 80 metres and diameters of 2.5 metres. Wildlife species include "the Bengal tiger, leopard, bear, snub-nosed monkey, antelope and lesser panda."[24]
There are over 2,000 species of higher plants, including some 100 species of xylophyta, 165 species of medical herbs and fungus. Crops include "rice, peanut, apple, orange, banana, lemon. Agricultural products include medicinal materials, edible fungus, orange, tangerine, sugar cane, honey peach, apple, pear, grape, walnut and other fruits.[24]
The two counties of Zayü (察隅县) and Mêdog (墨脱县), collectively known as part ofSouth Tibet, are considered by the Chinese government to be under Chinese jurisdiction.
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| # | Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Population(2010 Census) | Area (km²) | Density (/km²) |
| 1 | Bayi District | 巴宜区 | Bāyí Qū | བྲག་ཡིབ་ཆུས། | brag yib chus | 54,702 | 8,536 | 6.40 |
| 2 | Gongbo'gyamda County | 工布江达县 | Gōngbùjiāngdá Xiàn | ཀོང་པོ་རྒྱ་མདའ་རྫོང་། | kong po rgya mda' rdzong | 29,929 | 12,960 | 2.30 |
| 3 | Mainling City | 米林市 | Mǐlín Shì | སྨན་གླིང་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། | sman gling grong khyer | 22,834 | 9,507 | 2.40 |
| 4 | Mêdog County | 墨脱县 | Mòtuō Xiàn | མེ་ཏོག་རྫོང་། | me tog rdzong | 10,963 | 31,394 | 0.34 |
| 5 | Bomê County | 波密县 | Bōmì Xiàn | སྤོ་མེས་རྫོང་། | spo mes rdzong | 33,480 | 16,770 | 1.99 |
| 6 | Zayü County | 察隅县 | Cháyú Xiàn | རྫ་ཡུལ་རྫོང་། | rdza yul rdzong | 27,255 | 31,305 | 0.87 |
| 7 | Nang County | 朗县 | Lǎng Xiàn | སྣང་རྫོང་། | snang rdzong | 15,946 | 4,114 | 3.87 |
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