Biru County (; zh, s=比如县) is the most populated county within Nagqu of the

Tibet Autonomous Region The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), often shortened to Tibet in English or Xizang in Pinyin, Hanyu Pinyin, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China. It was established in 1965 to replace the ...

, China. The name means "female yak". Either of the following pronunciations can be considered correct in

Standard Tibetan Lhasa Tibetan or Standard Tibetan is a standardized dialect of Tibetan spoken by the people of Lhasa, the capital of the Tibetan Autonomous Region. It is an official language of the Tibet Autonomous Region. In the traditional "three-branched" ...

: ìru~ ìru(conventionally written ''Biru'' in English) or �ìru~ �ìru(conventionally ''Driru'').

Geography

Biru lies in the southwest part of the former province of

Kham Kham (; ) is one of the three traditional Tibet, Tibetan regions, the others being Domey also known as Amdo in the northeast, and Ü-Tsang in central Tibet. The official name of this Tibetan region/province is Dotoe (). The original residents of ...

. To its east is Chamdo and to its west Nagchu. Biru is located on the Gyalmo Ngulchu River (upper part of

Salween River The Salween is a Southeast Asian river, about long, flowing from the Tibetan Plateau south into the Andaman Sea. The Salween flows primarily within southwest China and eastern Myanmar, with a short section forming the border of Myanmar and Tha ...

). Diru is bordered by

Sog County Sog County (, zh, s=索县) is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Nagqu of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Geography Sog Dzong lies in the extreme western part of the former province of Kham. To its west is Cha ...

to the northwest and the extreme east of

Banbar County Banbar County (; ) is a county of the Chamdo in the Tibet Autonomous Region The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), often shortened to Tibet in English or Xizang in Pinyin, Hanyu Pinyin, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of ...

་, is also surrounded by Lhari County to the south, and extreme north to the Nagchu county. Sepu Kangri is located in the county.

Climate

Administrative divisions

Biru county contains the following 2

towns A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

and 8 townships:

Demographics

At the 2009 PRC census, the county's population was 60,179, of whom:

Gallery

References

Counties of Tibet Nagqu {{Nagqu-geo-stub