Zharen, also Zaring or Zharencun () is a small town and township-level division of
Amdo County
Amdo County (; ) is a county within Nagqu of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The county covers an area of 43,410.85 square kilometres and is dominated by mainly by Tibetan grassland. In 2000 it had a population of 32,843 .
Its capital is ...
in the
Nagqu Prefecture
Nagqu (also Naqu, Nakchu, or Nagchu; ; ) is a prefecture-level city in the north of the Chinese autonomous region of Tibet. On May 7, 2018, the former Nagqu Prefecture was officially declared the sixth prefecture-level city in Tibet after Lhasa, ...
of the
Tibet Autonomous Region
The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China in Southwest China. It was overlayed on the traditional Tibetan regions of � ...
, in
China. It is located at the side of the
G109 road, south of
Amdo Town
Pana, or Pagnag (), also known as Anduo, or Amdo, is a town and the seat of Amdo County in the Nagqu Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region, in China. It lies 464 kilometres north of Lhasa and 138 km north of Nagqu. As of 2004 its jurisdic ...
on the road from
Nagchu Town
Nagqu, Nagchu in original Tibetan or Naqu (), also known as Nagchuka or Nagquka, is a town in northern Tibet, seat of the prefecture-level city of Nagqu, approximately by road north-east of the capital Lhasa, within the People's Republic of Chin ...
, and approximately east of the southern tip of
Cona Lake
Cona, also Dongaii Cona or Tsonag Lake (), is a major lake of northern Tibet Autonomous Region, China and is It is located in Amdo County, west of the road between Nagqu Town and Amdo Town. The lake is considered holy to the Tibetans especially in ...
.
It has a population of 7875, living in 1479 households.
History
Zharen township was established in 1962, and in 2002 it received Town status. It has jurisdiction over 12 village committees, with 219 natural villages.
Administrative divisions
The township-level division contains nine village committees and one neighborhood which are as follows:
*Nase Neighborhood (纳色居委会)
*Mailong Village (麦龙村)
*Zaisong Village (再松村)
*Lamucuo Village (拉姆措村)
*Guojia Village (果加村)
*Cuogou Luoma Village (措沟洛玛村)
*Reta Village (热塔村)
*Nimalong Village (尼玛龙村)
*Cagao Gongma Village (擦高工玛村)
*Ouchi Village (欧赤村)
Economy
The economy is mainly based on animal husbandry, with locals raising yak, sheep and goats. There are primary schools and health centres.
See also
*
List of towns and villages in Tibet
This is an alphabetical list of all populated places, including cities, towns and villages, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of western China.
A
*Alamdo
*Alhar
*Arza
*Asog
B
* Baga
*Bagar
* Baidi
*Baima
* Baimai
*Baixoi
*Bamda
*Banag
*Ban ...
References
Township-level divisions of Tibet
Populated places in Nagqu
Amdo County
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