Nyingchi
Nyingchi
林芝市 · ཉིང་ཁྲི་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། | |
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An intersection in Bayi, Bayi District, Nyingchi | |
| Coordinates (Nyingchi municipal government): 29°38′56″N 94°21′41″E / 29.6488°N 94.3614°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Tibet |
| Prefecture-level city | Nyingchi |
| City seat | Bayi District (Bayi Town) |
| Area | |
• Total | 116,175 km2 (44,855 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 200,000 |
| • Density | 1.7/km2 (4.5/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | CN¥ 10.4 billion US$ 1.7 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 49,039 US$ 7,873 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-XZ-04 |
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| Chinese | 林芝 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | ཉིང་ཁྲི་ས། | ||||||
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Nyingchi (Wylie: nying khri grong khyer, THL: nying tri drong khyer, ZYPY: nyingchi chongkyêr), also known as Linzhi (Chinese: 林芝; pinyin: Linzhi) or Nyingtri, is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China. The administrative seat of Nyingchi is Bayi District.
Nyingchi is the location of Buchu Monastery.