Xigazê Prefecture

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Xigazê Prefecture
The location of Xigazê Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region,The south border of this prefecture is with the countries Nepal , Bhutan and (Sikkim) India.
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese:	日喀則地區
Simplified Chinese:	日喀则地区
Transliterations Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin: Rìkāzé Dìqū
Tibetan name
Tibetan:	གཞིས་ཀ་ རྩེ་ས་ཁུལ་
Transliterations - Wylie: gzhis-ka-rtse sa khul

Xigazê (also: Rikaze, Shigatse) (Chinese: 日喀则 Rìkāzé) is a prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region in China.

The administrative center of the prefecture is the city of Shigatse (Xigazê).

Some of the towns in the prefecture: Tingri (Tingri County), Nyalam (Nyalam County).

The prefecture is roughly located within the historical Tsang Province of the old Tibet.

[edit] Counties

• Bainang County
• Dinggye County
• Gamba County
• Gyangzê County
• Gyirong County
• Kangmar County
• Lhazê County
• Namling County
• Ngamring County
• Nyalam County
• Rinbung County
• Sa'gya County
• Gamba County
• Tingri County
• Xaitongmoin County
• Xigazê County
• Yadong County
• Zhongba County

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v • d • e Xigazê (Shigatse) Prefecture, Tibet County-level divisions Bainang · Dinggyê · Gamba · Gyangzê · Gyirong · Kangmar · Lhazê · Namling · Ngamring · Nyalam · Rinbung · Sa'gya · Saga · Tingri · Xaitongmoin · Xigazê City · Yadong · Zhongba Towns and townships Bangxing · Cazê · Chagna · Congdü · Dêlêg  · Dhingri · Nailung · Mêmo · Pazhug · Rongpu Si · Rongxar · Shigatse · Surco · Xêgar