Xinlong County

Xinlong County
新龙县 · ཉག་རོང་རྫོང་།
Nyagrong, Nyarong
Location of Xinlong County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Location of Xinlong County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Xinlong is located in Sichuan
Xinlong
Xinlong
Location of the seat in Sichuan
Xinlong is located in China
Xinlong
Xinlong
Xinlong (China)
Coordinates: 30°56′20″N 100°18′40″E / 30.939°N 100.311°E / 30.939; 100.311
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureGarzê
County seatRinoi (Rulong)
Area
 • Total8,570 km2 (3,310 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total45,698
 • Density5.3/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.gzxl.gov.cn
Xinlong County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese新龙县
Traditional Chinese新龍縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīnlóng Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanཉག་རོང་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wylienyag rong rdzong [2]
Tibetan PinyinNyagrong Zong

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]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ nyag rong rdzong. Buddhist Digital Information Center. Accessed August 6, 2017
  3. ^ "Jazi". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  4. ^ "ja bzi dgon". Buddhist Digital Resource Center. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  5. ^ Dorje, Sangngak (2013). "Jazi Amnye Drodul Pema Garwang Lingpa". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 2017-08-05.