Saga County
County in Tibet, China
Saga County 29°19′41″N 85°13′59″E / 29.328°N 85.233°E / 29.328; 85.233 | |
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| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Tibet |
| Prefecture-level city | Xigazê |
| County seat | Gya'gya (Saga) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12,418.87 km2 (4,794.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 16,220 |
| • Density | 1.3/km2 (3.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 萨嘎县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 薩嘎縣 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | ས་དགའ་རྫོང་། | ||||||
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Saga County (Tibetan: ས་དགའ་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 萨嘎县) is a county of the prefecture-level city of Xigazê in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, bordering Nepal to the west and southwest.[2]
Dajia Lake and Jiesa Lake lies in the county.
Administration divisions
Saga County is divided into 1 town and 7 townships.
| Name | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | ||
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| Gya'gya Town (Saga) | 加加镇 | Jiājiā zhèn | སྐྱ་སྐྱ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | skya skya grong rdal | ||
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| Changgo Township | 昌果乡 | Chāngguǒ xiāng | འཕྲང་སྒོ་ཤང་། | 'phrang sgo shang | ||
| Xungru Township | 雄如乡 | Xióngrú xiāng | གཞུང་རུ་ཤང་། | gzhung ru shang | ||
| Lhagcang Township | 拉藏乡 | Lāzàng xiāng | ལྷག་ཚང་ཤང་། | lhag tshang shang | ||
| Ru'gyog Township | 如角乡 | Rújiǎo xiāng | རུ་ཀྱོག་ཤང་། | ru kyog shang | ||
| Targyailing Township | 达吉岭乡 | Dájílǐng xiāng | དར་རྒྱས་གླིང་ཤང་། | dar rgyas gling shang | ||
| Dênggar Township | 旦嘎乡 | Dàngā xiāng | སྟེང་དཀར་ཤང་། | steng dkar shang | ||
| Xarru Township | 夏如乡 | Xiàrú xiāng | ཤར་རུ་ཤང་། | shar ru shang | ||
Transport
Gallery
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Map including part of western Saga County (DMA, 1974)
References
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Lhasa (capital)
cities
| Lhasa | |
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| Xigazê | |
| Qamdo | |
| Nyingchi | |
| Shannan | |
| Nagqu |
| Ngari |
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** Southern portions of these counties are claimed by the People's Republic of China as part of the South Tibet area, but are administered by India.
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