Bayi Subdistrict

Bayi
八一街道 · བྲག་ཡིབ་གྲོང་
Chagyib
Main center
Bayi
Coordinates: 29°39′59″N 94°21′46″E / 29.66639°N 94.36278°E / 29.66639; 94.36278
CountryPeople's Republic of China
RegionTibet Autonomous Region
Prefecture-level cityNyingchi
DistrictBayi
Area
  Total
55 km2 (21 sq mi)
Elevation
2,994 m (9,823 ft)
Population
  Total
21,400
Time zoneUTC+8 (CST)
Bayi
Chinese name
Chinese八一
PostalLhabagar
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBāyī
Wade–GilesPa1-i1
Tibetan name
Tibetanབྲག་ཡིབ་གྲོང།

Bayi or Chagyib (Chinese: 八一街道; Tibetan: བྲག་ཡིབ་གྲོང་) is a subdistrict in Tibet Autonomous Region, China and seat of Bayi District, Nyingchi. It lies on the Nyang River at an altitude of 2,994 metres (9,826 feet). Bayi is an important timber and wool producing town, known historically before the 1960s as Lhabagar. By road it is 405 kilometres (252 mi) east of Lhasa on the way to Chengdu.