Biru County

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Location in Nagqu Prefecture
Location in Nagqu Prefecture

Biru County (Tibetan འབྲི་རུ་རྫོང་, Wylie 'bri ru rdzong) is a small county within the Nagchu Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region. The name means "female yak".

At the 2000 PRC census, the county's population was 45,222, of whom:

Name of group Number Percentage
Tibetans 44,867 99.21%
Han 313 0.69%
Bai 11 0.02%
Uyghurs 9 0.02%
Others 22 0.05%