Xinlong County

Xinlong County (simplified Chinese: 新龙县; traditional Chinese: 新龍縣; pinyin: Xīnlóng Xiàn; Tibetan: ཉག་རོང་རྫོང་།, Wylie: nyag rong rdzong [1], ZYPY: Nyagrong Zong ) is a county in the west of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

Xinlong County

新龙县 · ཉག་རོང་རྫོང་།
Location of Xinlong County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Coordinates: 30°56′20″N 100°18′40″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureGarzê
Area
  Total8,570 km2 (3,310 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Xinlong County is part of historical region of Nyarong.

Jazi (Nyarong Jazi Gon; Jazi Gon Sangngak Dechen Choling; gya bzi dgon, gya dgon, ja bzi dgon gsang sngags bde chen chos gling; Chinese: 甲孜寺; pinyin: Jiǎzī Sì) is a Nyingma monastery in Xilong County that was founded in 1866.[2][3] Jazi Amnye Drodul Pema Garwang Lingpa (19011975) studied here as a young boy, before going to Tromge Monastery.[4]

Towns and townships

  • Rulong Town (茹龙镇)
  • Dagai Town (大盖镇)
  • Larima Town (拉日马镇)
  • Shadui Township (沙堆乡)
  • Le'an Township (乐安乡)
  • Ronglu Township (绕鲁乡)
  • Sewei Township (色威乡)
  • Jialaxi Township (甲拉西乡)
  • Bomei Township (博美乡)
  • Youlaxi Township (尤拉西乡)
  • Zituoxi Township (子拖西乡)
  • Heping Township (和平乡)
  • Luogu Township (洛古乡)
  • Xionglongxi Township (雄龙西乡)
  • Mari Township (麻日乡)
  • Tongxiao Township (通霄乡)
  • Youyi Township (友谊乡)
  • Pica Township (皮擦乡)
  • Yanduo Township (银多乡)

Climate

References

  1. nyag rong rdzong. Buddhist Digital Information Center. Accessed August 6, 2017
  2. "Jazi". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  3. "ja bzi dgon". Buddhist Digital Resource Center. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  4. Dorje, Sangngak (2013). "Jazi Amnye Drodul Pema Garwang Lingpa". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  5. 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 20 October 2018.



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