Bayi Subdistrict
Bayi
八一街道 · བྲག་ཡིབ་གྲོང་ | |
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| Chagyib | |
Main center | |
| Coordinates: 29°39′59″N 94°21′46″E / 29.66639°N 94.36278°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Tibet Autonomous Region |
| Prefecture-level city | Nyingchi |
| District | Bayi |
| Area | |
• Total | 55 km2 (21 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,994 m (9,823 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 21,400 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Bayi | |||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Chinese | 八一 | ||||||||
| Postal | Lhabagar | ||||||||
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| Tibetan name | |||||||||
| Tibetan | བྲག་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.