Xainza

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not to be confused with Naktsang Town in the Haa District of southwestern Bhutan
Xainza
Town
Tibetan  transcription(s)
 •  Tibetan ཤན་རྩ་རྫོང
 •  Wylie transliteration shan rtsa rdzong
 •  official transcription (PRC) Xainza
 •  THDL Shentsa
Chinese  transcription(s)
 •  Traditional 申扎镇
 •  Simplified 申扎县
 •  Pinyin Shēnzhā Xiàn
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Xainza
Location within Tibet
Coordinates: 30°56′5″N88°42′17″E / 30.93472°N 88.70472°E / 30.93472; 88.70472
Country China
Region Tibet
Prefecture Nagqu Prefecture
County Xainza County
Area
 • Total
2,146 km2 (829 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
17,000
 •  Major Nationalities
Tibetan
 •  Regional dialect
Tibetan language
Time zone +8

Xainza (also Naktsang, [1] Xainza Town or Shantsa) is a town and township-level administrative unit and seat of Shentsa County or Xainza County, Nagqu Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

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It covers an area of 2146 square kilometres and in 2004 had a total population of about 17,000. [2] The township was established by the Chinese in 1961. [3] The main occupation is animal husbandry, mainly yak, goat and sheep rearing. [3]

Villages

The township-level division contains the following settlements: [2]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dorje (2009), p. 397.
  2. 1 2 "Xainza Town". CCGuide.cn. Retrieved 31 March 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. 1 2 申扎镇 (in Chinese). Hudong Encyclopedia. Retrieved 31 March 2012.

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