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 ཉིང་ཁྲི་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། · 林芝市 | |
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 An intersection in Bayi, Bayi District, Nyingchi | |
.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 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Tibet |
| City seat | Bayi District (Bayi Town) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 116,175 km2 (44,855 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 200,000 |
| • Density | 1.7/km2 (4.5/sq mi) |
| GDP[1] | |
| • Total | CN¥ 10.4 billion US$ 1.7 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 49,039 US$ 7,873 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-XZ-04 |
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| Chinese | 林芝 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | ཉིང་ཁྲི་ས། | ||||||
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Nyingchi is the location of Buchu Monastery.
Economy
Tourism
The average elevation of Nyingchi is 3,040 meters (9,974 feet), which is the lowest compared with the other prefectures in Tibet. The relatively low elevation compared to other regions of the Tibetan plateau yields a lower risk of altitude sickness. Guangdong province announced in 2012 that it plans to invest more than RMB 400 million (US$63 million) in Nyingchi's tourism industry. According to the plan, Guangdong will help build 22 "prosperous model villages" in Nyingchi in counties such as Bomê and Zayü.[2]
Transportation
It takes about 5 hours to travel from Lhasa to Nyingchi by a highway opened at the end of 2018.[3] Nyingchi is connected to Lhasa by the 435-kilometer Lhasa–Nyingchi railway, completed in 2021. The journey from Lhasa by train takes 2.5 hours.[4]
The Linzhi Milin Airport was opened in Nyingchi in March 2017, which may be used to support both commercial air traffic and the People's Liberation Army Air Force.[5]
Climate
Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as subtropical highland (Cwb).[6]
| Climate data for Nyingchi (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.4 (66.9) | 20.2 (68.4) | 24.0 (75.2) | 25.3 (77.5) | 28.0 (82.4) | 29.0 (84.2) | 31.4 (88.5) | 29.6 (85.3) | 30.2 (86.4) | 24.5 (76.1) | 19.9 (67.8) | 16.7 (62.1) | 31.4 (88.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) | 10.9 (51.6) | 13.8 (56.8) | 17.0 (62.6) | 19.7 (67.5) | 21.7 (71.1) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.4 (72.3) | 20.7 (69.3) | 17.5 (63.5) | 14.0 (57.2) | 10.3 (50.5) | 16.6 (61.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.1 (34.0) | 3.3 (37.9) | 6.3 (43.3) | 9.3 (48.7) | 12.4 (54.3) | 15.4 (59.7) | 16.5 (61.7) | 16.0 (60.8) | 14.3 (57.7) | 10.5 (50.9) | 5.8 (42.4) | 2.0 (35.6) | 9.4 (48.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4.6 (23.7) | −2.1 (28.2) | 1.2 (34.2) | 4.3 (39.7) | 7.5 (45.5) | 11.2 (52.2) | 12.5 (54.5) | 12.0 (53.6) | 10.4 (50.7) | 5.8 (42.4) | −0.1 (31.8) | −3.8 (25.2) | 4.5 (40.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.3 (4.5) | −13.3 (8.1) | −10.1 (13.8) | −4.6 (23.7) | −1.6 (29.1) | 3.0 (37.4) | 3.9 (39.0) | 2.9 (37.2) | −1.0 (30.2) | −5.0 (23.0) | −10.4 (13.3) | −15.3 (4.5) | −15.3 (4.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.0 (0.08) | 4.1 (0.16) | 21.2 (0.83) | 47.9 (1.89) | 80.1 (3.15) | 125.2 (4.93) | 137.4 (5.41) | 128.2 (5.05) | 110.3 (4.34) | 37.3 (1.47) | 4.3 (0.17) | 0.7 (0.03) | 698.7 (27.51) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.1 | 5.2 | 11.3 | 16.9 | 19.9 | 23.7 | 23.1 | 21.1 | 20.7 | 12.8 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 162.6 |
| Average snowy days | 7.3 | 10.8 | 8.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 33.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 49 | 51 | 57 | 62 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 65 | 55 | 51 | 63 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 189.5 | 157.3 | 167.0 | 158.0 | 161.2 | 122.1 | 131.3 | 141.2 | 132.8 | 166.4 | 191.3 | 201.3 | 1,919.4 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 58 | 50 | 45 | 41 | 38 | 29 | 31 | 35 | 36 | 48 | 60 | 64 | 45 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[7][8] | |||||||||||||
Flora and fauna
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"According to local forestry officials, Nyingchi hosts the country's largest primitive forest region that covers 26.4 billion cubic metres, storing over 800 million cubic metres of wood."[9] The forests of Bomi, Zayu and Loyu have ancient dragon spruces which reach heights of over 80 metres and diameters of 2.5 metres. Wildlife species include "the Bengal tiger, leopard, bear, snub-nosed monkey, antelope and lesser panda."[9]
"There are over 2,000 species of higher plants, including some 100 species of xylophyta, 165 species of medical herbs and fungus. Crops include "rice, peanut, apple, orange, banana, lemon." Agricultural products include medicinal materials, "edible fungus, orange, tangerine, sugar cane, honey peach, apple, pear, grape, walnut and other fruits."[9]
Administrative subdivisions
The two counties of Zayü (察隅县) and Mêdog (墨脱县), collectively known as part of South Tibet, are considered by the Chinese government to be under Chinese jurisdiction.
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| # | Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Population (2010 Census) | Area (km²) | Density (/km²) |
| 1 | Bayi District | 巴宜区 | Bāyí Qū | བྲག་ཡིབ་ཆུས། | brag yib chus | 54,702 | 8,536 | 6.40 |
| 2 | Gongbo'gyamda County | 工布江达县 | Gōngbùjiāngdá Xiàn | ཀོང་པོ་རྒྱ་མདའ་རྫོང་། | kong po rgya mda' rdzong | 29,929 | 12,960 | 2.30 |
| 3 | Mainling City | 米林市 | Mǐlín Shì | སྨན་གླིང་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། | sman gling grong khyer | 22,834 | 9,507 | 2.40 |
| 4 | Mêdog County | 墨脱县 | Mòtuō Xiàn | མེ་ཏོག་རྫོང་། | me tog rdzong | 10,963 | 31,394 | 0.34 |
| 5 | Bomê County | 波密县 | Bōmì Xiàn | སྤོ་མེས་རྫོང་། | spo mes rdzong | 33,480 | 16,770 | 1.99 |
| 6 | Zayü County | 察隅县 | Cháyú Xiàn | རྫ་ཡུལ་རྫོང་། | rdza yul rdzong | 27,255 | 31,305 | 0.87 |
| 7 | Nang County | 朗县 | Lǎng Xiàn | སྣང་རྫོང་། | snang rdzong | 15,946 | 4,114 | 3.87 |
Sister cities
Pokhara, Nepal
References
External links
- Tibetinfor.com
- Nyingchi information and travel guides at Nyingchi.com