Nyalam County

Nyalam County 聂拉木县 • གཉའ་ལམ་རྫོང་།
County
Milarepa's cave
Location of Nyalam County within Tibet
Nyalam County Location of the county seat in Tibet
Coordinates:
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Tibet
Prefecture-level city	Xigazê
County seat	Nyalam Town
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Nyalam County (simplified Chinese: 聂拉木县; traditional Chinese: 聶拉木縣; pinyin: Nièlāmù Xiàn; Tibetan: gnya' lam rdzong) is a county in Tibet's Shigatse Prefecture. It borders on Nepal.

The land area of the county is 7,903 km² (3,051 sq mi). The population as of 2003 was 10,000. The postal code for the county is 858300.

The county seat is in Nyalam Town.

The other town of the county is Dram, also known under its Tibetan name Dram, or Nepali Khasa. It is located near the border and is the point of entry from Nepal. At "merely" 2300 meters elevation about the sea level, Zhangmu has mild and humid subtropical climate, which is a rarity for Tibet.

It is one of the four counties that comprise the Qomolangma National Nature Preserve (Nyalam, Tingri, Dinggyê, and Kyirong).

Towns and townships

• Nyalam Town (གནའ་ལམ་, 聂拉木镇)
• Dram Town (འགྲམ་, 樟木镇)
• Yarlêb Township (ཡར་སླེབས་, 亚来乡)
• Zurco Township (ཟུར་མཚོ་, 琐作乡)
• Nailung Township (ནས་ལུང་, 乃龙乡)
• Mainpu Township (སྨན་ཕུ་, 门布乡)
• Borong Township (སྤོ་རོང་, 波绒乡)

Transport

• China National Highway 318

External links

• Zhangmu town tourist information
• Sara Shneiderman "Swapping Identities: Borderland exchanges along the Nepal-TAR frontier"