Nêdong County
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| Nêdong County | |
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| County | |
| Tibetan transcription(s) | |
| • Tibetan | སྣེ་གདོང་རྫོང་ |
| • Wylie transliteration | sne gdong rdzong |
| • official transcription (PRC) | Nêdong |
| • THDL | Nedong |
| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| • Traditional | 乃东县 |
| • Simplified | 乃东县 |
| • Pinyin | Nǎidōng Xiàn |
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  Nêdong County | |
| Coordinates: 29°13′12″N 91°46′48″E / 29.22000°N 91.78000°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Tibet |
| Prefecture | Shannan Prefecture |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,184.98 km2 (843.63 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 58,808 |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Nêdong County, (Tibetan: སྣེ་གདོང་རྫོང་ Wylie: sne gdong rdzong; Chinese: 乃东县; Pinyin: Nǎidōng Xiàn) is a county of the Shannan Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region.
Changzhug Temple, an important and very early, Buddhist monastery, dating to the reign of Songtsen Gampo, is located in the Yarlung Valley in Nêdong as is the Yungbulakang Palace.
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Coordinates: 29°13′12″N 91°46′48″E / 29.22000°N 91.78000°E
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