Nyalam (; ) is a small town in and the county seat of

Nyalam County Nyalam County ( zh, s=聂拉木县; ) is a county in Shigatse, Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the homeland of the ...

in the

Shigatse Prefecture Shigatse, officially known as Xigazê () or Rikaze ( zh, s=日喀则, p=Rìkāzé), is a prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. Its area of jurisdiction, with an area of , corresponds to the histo ...

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 ...

, near the

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

border. It is 35 km from

Zhangmu Zhangmu () or Dram in Tibetan (), or Khasa in Nepali, is a customs town and port of entry located in Nyalam County in Tibet, China close to the Nepal-China border, just uphill and across the Bhotekoshi River from the Nepalese town of Kodari. ...

town in the same county, which is the

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. Nyalam is situated at 3,750 metres (12,300 ft) above sea level. Once a town of stone buildings and tin roofs, Nyalam was known as TsongduDorje (1999), p. 305. () and was part of the historical

Tsang Province Tsang may refer to: * Ü-Tsang (), a traditional region of Tibet * Tsang (surname) * Zang (surname) (), romanized Tsang in Wade–Giles * Zeng (), a Chinese surname, romanized Tsang in Cantonese See also * Zang (disambiguation) Zang may refer to: ...

of Tibet before the annexation by China. Nepalese trans-himalayan traders called it Kuti ( Nepali: ) and also 'The Gate of Hell' because the old trail down to the Nepalese border was very treacherous. Today Nyalam is a fast-growing little town made of concrete buildings located on the Friendship Highway between

Lhasa Lhasa, officially the Chengguan District of Lhasa City, is the inner urban district of Lhasa (city), Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region, Southwestern China. Lhasa is the second most populous urban area on the Tibetan Plateau after Xining ...

and the

border. South of Nyalam the road drops abruptly through the gorge of the

Matsang Tsangpo Bhote Koshi in Nepal and Poiqu in Tibet (both names roughly mean "Tibetan river") is the name given to the upper course (main tributary) of the Sun Kosi river. It is part of the Koshi River system in Nepal.Shrestha, A. B., Eriksson, M., Mool, ...

( Poiqu, Bhotekoshi River), which is the upper section or main tributary of

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in Nepal.Mayhew, Bradley and Kohn (2005), p. 193. The town is about 40 km from the

ese border and 150 km from Kathmandu.

Footnotes

References

*Dowman, Keith. (1988). ''The Power-places of Central Tibet: The Pilgrim's Guide'', pp. 73–79. Routledge & Kegan Paul. London. *Gyume Dorje. (1999). ''Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan''. Footprint Handbooks, Bath, England. . *Mayhew, Bradley and Kohn, Michael. (2005). ''Tibet'', 6th Edition. Lonely Planet. .

External links

Nyalam and Zhangmu photos

Populated places in Shigatse Township-level divisions of Tibet Nyalam County {{Xigazê-geo-stub