Tingri County is named after a nearby hill,which itself is reportedly named after the sound a falling stone made when it hit the hill.[5]
History
Shelkar Dzong was built in the area of the present-day county during the time of the Kashag.[5]
In 1960,Tingri County was established,and in June of that year,a local county government was established.[5] The county headquarters were originally established in Shelkar,but were moved to Gangga in August.[5] In July 1968,the local government moved back to Shelkar,where it remains today.[5]
On 7 January 2025 at 09:05 CST (UTC+8),an earthquake measuring Mw7.1 or Ms6.8 struck Tingri County. Several villages experienced near-total destruction and at least 126 people died and hundreds more were injured.[7]
Tingri County is located at the northern foot of the middle section of the Himalayas,and at the northern foot of Mount Everest.[6] The county's landscape is extremely mountainous,with an average altitude of more than 5,000 metres (16,000ft) above sea level,and the county seat situated at an altitude of 4,300 metres (14,100ft) above sea level.[6] The world's highest peak,Mount Everest,and the world's sixth-highest mountain,Cho Oyu,are located in the county.[6]
The Arun River flows eastward out of the country.[6]
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification Tingiri County's climate is a semi-arid climate (BSk) with large temperature differences between day and night,a high amount of sunshine hours,and little annual precipitation. On January 7,1966,Tingri County recorded the lowest temperature ever recorded in Tibet at −46.4°C (−51.5°F).[6]
Climate data for Tingri,elevation 4,300m (14,100ft),(1991–2020 normals,extremes 1981–2020)
↑Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan, p. 296. 2nd edition (1999). Gyume Dorje. Footprint Handbooks, Bath, England. ISBN1-900949-33-4.
↑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
1234567定日县历史沿革[Tingri County Organizational History]. xzqh.org (in Chinese). 24 February 2016. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
12345678910定日县概况地图[Tingri County Overview Map]. xzqh.org (in Chinese). 24 February 2016. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
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