Sangri County

Sangri County
桑日县ཟངས་རི་རྫོང་།
Sangri
Location of the seat in the Tibet AR
Sangri
Sangri (China)
Coordinates (Sangri County government): 29°15′34″N 92°01′04″E / 29.2594°N 92.0177°E / 29.2594; 92.0177
CountryChina
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityShannan (Lhokha)
County seatSangri
Area
  Total
2,632.18 km2 (1,016.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
18,041
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.sangri.gov.cn
Sangri County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese桑日县
Traditional Chinese桑日縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSāngrì Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanཟངས་རི་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wyliezangs ri rdzong
Tibetan PinyinSangri Zong

Sangri County (Tibetan: ཟངས་རི་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 桑日县) is a county of Shannan in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

It is home to Wolkha Cholung Monastery, founded as a hermitage in 1393 by Tsongkhapa.