Nyingchi

Nyingchi
林芝市 · ཉིང་ཁྲི་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།
An intersection in Bayi, Bayi District, Nyingchi
An intersection in Bayi, Bayi District, Nyingchi
Location of Nyingchi Prefecture within China.png
Location of Nyingchi Prefecture within China.png
Coordinates (Nyingchi municipal government): 29°38′56″N 94°21′41″E / 29.6488°N 94.3614°E / 29.6488; 94.3614
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionTibet
City seatBayi District (Bayi Town)
Area
 • Total
116,175 km2 (44,855 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
200,000
 • Density1.7/km2 (4.5/sq mi)
GDP[1]
 • TotalCN¥ 10.4 billion
US$ 1.7 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 49,039
US$ 7,873
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 codeCN-XZ-04
Nyingchi
Chinese name
Chinese林芝
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLínzhī
Tibetan name
Tibetanཉིང་ཁྲི་ས།
Transcriptions
Wylienying khri
Tibetan PinyinNyingchi

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 is the location of Buchu Monastery.

  1. ^ "山南市2019年国民经济和社会发展统计公报" (in Chinese). 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.