Baingoin County (; ) is a county within
Nagqu
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 ...
.
County got the name from the lake Drang-khog () which is in center of county. County lies between lakes
Namtso
Namtso or Lake Nam (officially: Namco; mn, Tenger nuur; ; ; “Heavenly Lake” in European literature: Tengri Nor, ) is a mountain lake on the border between Damxung County of Lhasa prefecture-level city and Baingoin County of Nagqu Prefectu ...
and
Siling.
The county is divided into ten
towns
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an or ...
and
townships
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
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Pubao Town (, ''Pubao-zhen'' )
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Baoji Township (, ''Baoji-xiang'' )
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Beila Town (, ''Beila-zhen'' )
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Jiaqiong Town (, ''Jiaqiong-zhen'' )
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Dechen Town (, ''Deqing-zhen'' )
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Maqian Township (, ''Maqian-xiang'' )
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Mentang Raktsek Township (, ''Mendang-xiang'' )
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Qinglong Township (, ''Qinglong-xiang'' )
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Xênkyêr Township (, ''Xinjixiang'' )
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Nyima Township (, ''Nima-xiang'' )
Climate
References
Counties of Tibet
Nagqu
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