Nyêmo County
Nyêmo
尼木县 • སྙེ་མོ་རྫོང་། Nimu | |
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Location of Nyêmo County within Tibet Autonomous Region | |
| Coordinates (Nyêmo government): 29°25′55″N 90°09′50″E / 29.432°N 90.164°E | |
| Country | China |
| Region | Tibet |
| Prefecture-level city | Lhasa |
| County seat | Tarchong |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,275 km2 (1,264 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 29,989 |
| • Density | 9.2/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 尼木县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 尼木縣 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | སྙེ་མོ་རྫོང་། | ||||||
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Nyêmo is a county in the Lhasa west of the main center of Chengguan, Tibet. It lies on the north bank of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, the northern part of the Brahmaputra. The county has an area of 3,276 square kilometres (1,265 sq mi), and as of 2011 had a population of 30,844 people, mostly engaged in agriculture or herding.