Nyingchi
Nyingchi (Wylie: nying khri grong khyer, THL: nying tri drong khyer, ZYPY: nyingchi chongkyêr), also known as Linzhi (Chinese: 林芝; pinyin: Linzhi) or Nyingtri, is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China. The administrative seat of Nyingchi is Bayi District.
Nyingchi
ཉིང་ཁྲི་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། · 林芝市 | |
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An intersection in Bayi, Bayi District, Nyingchi | |
prefecture (orange) in Tibet Autonomous Region (light-orange) | |
| Coordinates (Nyingchi municipal government): 29°38′56″N 94°21′41″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Tibet |
| 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) |
| 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 is the location of Buchu Monastery.
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