Gyantse County

Gyantse County officially Gyangzê County (Tibetan: རྒྱལ་རྩེ་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 江孜县) is a county of Xigazê in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Its main settlement is Gyantse Town known for its monasteries.

Gyangzê County
江孜县རྒྱལ་རྩེ་རྫོང་།
Gyangtse
Location of Gyantse County (red) within Xigazê City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region
Gyantse
Location of the seat in the Tibet Autonomous Region
Gyantse
Gyantse (China)
Coordinates: 28°53′45″N 89°37′33″E
CountryChina
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityXigazê
County seatGyantse
Area
  Total3,849.23 km2 (1,486.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total68,650
  Density18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.jiangzi.gov.cn
Gyantse County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese江孜县
Traditional Chinese江孜縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanརྒྱལ་རྩེ་རྫོང་།
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