Zhanang County

Zhanang County or Dranang (Tibetan: གྲ་ནང་རྫོང, Chinese: 扎囊县) is a county of Shannan (Lhokha) in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The capital town of county is Dratang town, with a monastery named Dratang.[2]

Zhanang County
扎囊县གྲ་ནང་རྫོང་།
Dranang, Chanang
Location of Zhanang County within Tibet
Location of Zhanang County within Tibet
Zhanang County is located in Tibet
Zhanang County
Zhanang County
Location in Tibet
Zhanang County is located in China
Zhanang County
Zhanang County
Zhanang County (China)
Coordinates: 29°27′54″N 91°36′40″E
CountryChina
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityShannan (Lhokha)
County seatDratang
Area
  Total2,141.92 km2 (827.00 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
  Total36,656
  Density17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.zhanang.gov.cn
Zhanang County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese扎囊县
Traditional Chinese扎囊縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanགྲ་ནང་རྫོང་།

Dranang County is home to Samye Monastery, the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet, and many other monasteries, including Mindrolling Monastery.

Dranang County is separated into northern and southern parts by the Yarlung Tsangpo River. In 2015 a bridge near Dratang Town was finished, connecting the northern and southern parts of the county. Until 2015 there were regular rafts for transportation of people or small goods.

Administrative divisions

Dranang County contains 2 towns and 3 townships.

Name Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie
Towns
Dratang Town 扎塘镇 Zhātáng zhèn གྲ་ཐང་གྲོང་རྡལ། grang thang grong rdal
Samye Town 桑耶镇 Sāngyē zhèn བསམ་ཡས་གྲོང་རྡལ། bsam yas grong rdal
Townships
Drachi Township 扎其乡 Zhāqí xiāng གྲ་ཕྱི་ཤང་། gra phyi shang
Ngadra Township 阿扎乡 Āzhā xiāng ལྔ་གྲ་ཤང་། lnga gra shang
Gyiru Township 吉汝乡 Jírǔ xiāng དཀྱིལ་རུ་ཤང་། dkyil ru shang

Demographics

As of 2000 it had a population of 35,278.

Ethnicity Population Percentage
Tibetan 35.018 99,26%
Han 235 0,67%
Hui 8 0,02%
Miao 5 0,01%
Tujia 4 0,01%
Sonstige 8 0,02%

Climate

Climate data for Dranang (1981−2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 8.7
(47.7)
10.7
(51.3)
14.2
(57.6)
17.3
(63.1)
20.9
(69.6)
24.1
(75.4)
23.2
(73.8)
22.0
(71.6)
20.6
(69.1)
17.9
(64.2)
13.1
(55.6)
9.2
(48.6)
16.8
(62.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) −0.6
(30.9)
2.4
(36.3)
6.4
(43.5)
9.5
(49.1)
13.3
(55.9)
16.7
(62.1)
16.4
(61.5)
15.7
(60.3)
13.9
(57.0)
9.6
(49.3)
3.2
(37.8)
−0.7
(30.7)
8.8
(47.9)
Average low °C (°F) −8.2
(17.2)
−5.4
(22.3)
−1.4
(29.5)
2.3
(36.1)
6.3
(43.3)
10.4
(50.7)
11.3
(52.3)
11.0
(51.8)
9.0
(48.2)
3.4
(38.1)
−4.2
(24.4)
−7.9
(17.8)
2.2
(36.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 0.4
(0.02)
0.3
(0.01)
1.6
(0.06)
6.9
(0.27)
20.3
(0.80)
49.6
(1.95)
119.4
(4.70)
122.5
(4.82)
66.4
(2.61)
8.8
(0.35)
0.4
(0.02)
0.5
(0.02)
397.1
(15.63)
Average relative humidity (%) 35 29 30 38 44 51 63 67 64 51 43 43 47
Source: Weather China[3]

References

  1. "山南市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Statistics Bureau of Lhoka. 2021-06-24.
  2. "Dratang". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  3. 扎囊- 气象数据 -中国气象数据网 (in Chinese (China)). Weather China. Archived from the original on 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
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