Nyalam County ( Chinese : 聂拉木县 ; Tibetan : གཉའ་ལམ་རྫོང་། ) is a county in Shigatse , Tibet , China. It borders on Nepal.
4-457: The land area of the county is 7,903 km (3,051 sq mi). The population as of 2003 was 10,000. The postal code for the county is 858300. The county seat is in Nyalam Town . The other town of the county is Zhangmu , also known by its Tibetan name Dram, or Nepali Khasa. It is located near the border and is the point of entry from Nepal. At "merely" 2,300 meters elevation about
8-619: Is a small town in and the county seat of Nyalam County in the Shigatse Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region , near the Nepal border. It is 35 km from Zhangmu town in the same county, which is the point of entry to Nepal . 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 Tsongdu ( Tibetan : ཚོང་འདུས ) and
12-542: The sea level, Zhangmu has mild and humid subtropical climate, which is a rarity for Tibet. It is one of the four counties that comprise the Qomolangma National Nature Preserve (Nyalam, Tingri , Dinggyê , and Kyirong ). Nyalam County is divided into 2 towns and 5 townships. This Tibet location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nyalam Town Nyalam ( Chinese : 聂拉木 ; Tibetan : གཉའ་ལམ )
16-548: Was part of the historical Tsang Province of Tibet before the annexation by China . Nepalese trans-himalayan traders called it Kuti ( Nepali : कुती ) 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 and the Nepal border. South of Nyalam
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