Rima, Tibet

Rima
རི་མ
Village
Rima is located in Tibet
Rima
Rima
Location in Tibet
Coordinates: 28°26′08″N 97°03′28″E / 28.43556°N 97.05778°E / 28.43556; 97.05778
CountryPeople's Republic of China
RegionTibet
PrefectureNyingchi
CountyZayü
TownshipXiachayu
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Rima (Tibetan: རི་མ, Wylie: ri ma; Chinese: 力馬; pinyin: Lì mǎ) is the former capital of the Zayul in the southeastern Tibet Autonomous Region of China.[1] It is on the border with India's Arunachal Pradesh at the confluence of the Rongto Chu and Zayul Chu rivers, which join to form the Zayul River (or Lohit River) before it flows into Arunachal Pradesh. Rima was a notable border trading town, which the British contemplated as a location for a trade mart in the Lhasa Convention.[2][3]

Map of the region around Rima (labelled as Li-ma 力馬). The two branch rivers Rongto Chhu and Zayul Chhu join here before entering India. (US AMS, 1954)
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