Nedong, Shannan
Nêdong
乃东区 • སྣེ་གདོང་ཆུས། | |
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Yumbu Lhakhang, the first palace of Tibet | |
| Coordinates: 29°13′12″N 91°46′48″E / 29.22000°N 91.78000°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Tibet |
| Prefecture-level city | Shannan (Lhoka) |
| District seat | Tsetang Subdistrict |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,184.98 km2 (843.63 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 81,608 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (97/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+08:00 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 乃东区 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 乃東區 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | སྣེ་གདོང་ཆུས། | ||||||
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Nêdong District (Tibetan: སྣེ་གདོང་ཆུས།; Chinese: 乃东区) is a district of Shannan in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Nêdong District has a storied administrative history rooted in its strategic location along the Yarlung River.
Tradruk Temple, an important early Buddhist monastery dating to the reign of Songtsen Gampo, is located in the Yarlung Valley in Nêdong as is Yungbulakang Palace.