Xarma

Xarma
Township
Xarma

Location within Tibet

Coordinates: 30°47′42″N 92°40′40″E / 30.79500°N 92.67778°E / 30.79500; 92.67778Coordinates: 30°47′42″N 92°40′40″E / 30.79500°N 92.67778°E / 30.79500; 92.67778
Country China
Region Tibet
Prefecture Nagqu Prefecture
County Lhari County
Population (2004)
  Total 1,700
  Major Nationalities Tibetan
  Regional dialect Tibetan language
Time zone +8

Xarma, also Sharma, Xiama or Xiamaxiang (Chinese: 夏玛乡) is a small town and township-level division of Lhari County in the Nagqu Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region, in China. It lies along the S305 road, 69.4 kilometres (43.1 mi) northwest of Lhari Town and 136 kilometres (85 mi) southwest by road of Nagchu Town.[1] As of 2004 it had a population of about 1700.[2] The principal economic activity is animal husbandry, pastoral yak, goat, sheep, and so on.[3]

Administrative divisions

The township-level division contains the following villages:[2]

See also

References

  1. Maps (Map). Google Maps.
  2. 1 2 "Xarma Township". CF Guide. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  3. 夏玛乡 (in Chinese). Chinaquhua.cn. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, November 19, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.