| Introduction |
| Nyingchi, "throne of the sun"
in Tibetan, is located in southeast Tibet, where the Himalaya
Mountains and Nyainqentanglha Mountains extend from west
to east, like parallel huge dragons, to join the Hengduan
Mountains in the east. It is adjacent to Yunan and Qamdo
to the east and northeast, Naqu to the north, Lhasa to
the west and Shannan to the southwest. It is a neighbor
to India and Myanmar to the south with a border as long
as 1,006.5 km. Nyingchi area, with a total area of 117,000
square km and a population of more than 140,000, has 7
counties under its jurisdiction: Nyingchi, Mainling, Gongbo'gyamda,
Medog, Bome, Zaya and Nang. With green mountain slopes,
snow-capped peaks and crystal-clear rivers, Nyingchi looks
just like heaven on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. |
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