Gyantse County

Gyangzê County
江孜县རྒྱལ་རྩེ་རྫོང་།
Gyangtse
Location of Gyantse County (red) within Xigazê City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region
Location of Gyantse County (red) within Xigazê City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region
Gyantse is located in Tibet
Gyantse
Gyantse
Location of the seat in the Tibet Autonomous Region
Gyantse is located in China
Gyantse
Gyantse
Gyantse (China)
Coordinates: 28°53′45″N 89°37′33″E / 28.89583°N 89.62583°E / 28.89583; 89.62583
CountryChina
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityXigazê
County seatGyantse
Area
 • Total3,849.23 km2 (1,486.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total68,650
 • Density18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.jiangzi.gov.cn
Gyantse County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese江孜县
Traditional Chinese江孜縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJiāngzī Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanརྒྱལ་རྩེ་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wyliergyal rtse rdzong
Tibetan PinyinGyangzê Zong

Gyantse County officially Gyangzê County (Tibetan: རྒྱལ་རྩེ་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 江孜县) is a county of Xigazê in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Its main settlement is Gyantse Town known for its monasteries.[2]

  1. ^ "日喀则市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Government of Xigazê. 2021-07-20. Archived from the original on 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  2. ^ Croddy, E. (2022). China’s Provinces and Populations: A Chronological and Geographical Survey. Springer International Publishing. p. 698. ISBN 978-3-031-09165-0. Retrieved 2024-03-07.