Xinlong County
新龙县 · ཉག་རོང་རྫོང་། Nyagrong, Nyarong | |
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.png) Location of Xinlong County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan | |
  Xinlong Location of the seat in Sichuan  Xinlong Xinlong (China) | |
| Coordinates: 30°56′20″N 100°18′40″E / 30.939°N 100.311°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Garzê |
| County seat | Rinoi (Rulong) |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,570 km2 (3,310 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 45,698 |
| • Density | 5.3/km2 (14/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 新龙县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 新龍縣 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | ཉག་རོང་རྫོང་། | ||||||
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Xinlong or Nyagrong County (Chinese: 新龙县; Tibetan: ཉག་རོང་རྫོང་།) is a county in the west of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
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.[3][4] Jazi Amnye Drodul Pema Garwang Lingpa (1901–1975) studied here as a young boy, before going to Tromge Monastery.[5]
- ^ "甘孜州第七次全国人口普查公报（第二号）" (in Chinese). Government of Garzê Prefecture. 2021-06-04.
- ^ nyag rong rdzong. Buddhist Digital Information Center. Accessed August 6, 2017
- ^ "Jazi". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
- ^ "ja bzi dgon". Buddhist Digital Resource Center. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
- ^ Dorje, Sangngak (2013). "Jazi Amnye Drodul Pema Garwang Lingpa". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 2017-08-05.