Zhanang County or Dranang County, ( Tibetan: གྲ་ནང་རྫོང་ Wylie gra nang rdzong;

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: 扎囊县;

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: ''Zhānáng Xiàn'') is a county of Shannan (Lhokha) in 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 � ...

. The capital town of county is Dratang town, with a monastery named Dratang. Dranang County is home to

Samye Samye (, ), full name Samye Mighur Lhundrub Tsula Khang (Wylie: ''Bsam yas mi ’gyur lhun grub gtsug lag khang'') and Shrine of Unchanging Spontaneous Presence is the first Tibetan Buddhist and Nyingma monastery built in Tibet, during the reign ...

Monastery, the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet, and many other monasteries, including

Mindrolling Monastery Mindrolling Monastery (, English: "Sublime Island of Ripening Liberation"), is one of the "Six Mother Monasteries" of the Nyingma school in Tibet. It was founded by Rigzin Terdak Lingpa in 1676. Tendrak Lingpa's lineage is known as the ''Nyo'' ...

. Dranang County is separated into northern and southern parts by the

Yarlung Tsangpo River The Yarlung Tsangpo, also called Yarlung Zangbo () is the upper stream of the Brahmaputra River located in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is the longest river of Tibet and the fifth longest in China. The upper section is also called D ...

. 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.

Demographics

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

Counties of Tibet Shannan, Tibet {{Shannan-geo-stub