Biru County

Biru County
比如县འབྲི་རུ་རྫོང་།
Diru, Driru, Biru
Location of Biru County (red) within Nagqu City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region
Location of Biru County (red) within Nagqu City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region
Biru is located in Tibet
Biru
Biru
Location of the seat in Tibet Autonomous Region
Biru is located in China
Biru
Biru
Biru (China)
Coordinates: 31°46′39″N 93°33′00″E / 31.77750°N 93.55000°E / 31.77750; 93.55000
CountryChina
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityNagqu
County seatBiru
Area
 • Total11,683.45 km2 (4,511.01 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total72,618
 • Density6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.xzbr.gov.cn
Biru County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese比如县
Traditional Chinese比如縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBǐrú Xiàn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingbei2jyu4 jyun2
Tibetan name
Tibetanའབྲི་རུ་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wylie'bri ru rdzong
Tibetan PinyinBiru Zong

Biru County (Tibetan: འབྲི་རུ་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 比如县) is the most populated county within Nagqu of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The name means "female yak". Either of the following pronunciations can be considered correct in Standard Tibetan: [bìru] ~ [pìru] (conventionally written Biru in English) or [ɖìru] ~ [ʈìru] (conventionally Driru).

  1. ^ "那曲市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Statistics Bureau of Nagqu. 2021-07-09.[permanent dead link]