Zayu County

Zayul County or Zayü is a county in the Nyingchi Prefecture in the southeastern part of the , China. The historical Zayul region is marked by the basin of the Zayul River, with its two branches: Rongto Chu and Zayul Chu.
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  • Type: City with 5,600 residents
  • Description: county in Nyingchi, Tibet, China
  • Also known as: “Ch’a-yu Hsien”, “Ch’a-yü Hsien”, “Charzong”, “Chayu”, “Chayu County”, “Chayu Xian”, “Chayul”, “Chikong”, “Drowagon Town”, “Dzayül”, “Dzayul Town”, “Gyigang”, “Jigong”, “Kyigang”, “Sang-ang-ch’ü Hsien”, “Tsayul”, “Zayü County”, “Zayü Town”, “Zayu Xian”, “Zayul”, “Zayul County”, “གསང་སྔགས་ཆོས་རྫོང་།”, “རྫ་ཡུལ”, “察隅县 རྫ་ཡུལ་རྫོང་།”, and “桑昂曲宗县”

Zayu County

Latitude
28.6636° or 28° 39′ 49″ north
Longitude
97.4657° or 97° 27′ 57″ east
Population
5,600
Elevation
4,026 metres (13,209 feet)
Open location code
7MWVMF78+C7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4624714880
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1279505
Wiki­data ID
Q167842
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Yue Chinese—“Zayu County” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Чаю”
  • Cebuano: “Chayu”
  • Chinese: “cháyú xiàn”
  • Chinese: “察隅”
  • Chinese: “察隅县”
  • Dutch: “Chayu”
  • French: “xian de Zayü”
  • French: “Xian de Zayü”
  • French: “Zayü”
  • Gan Chinese: “察隅县”
  • German: “Zayü”
  • Hindi: “ज़ायु ज़िला”
  • Italian: “Contea di Zayü”
  • Japanese: “ザユル県”
  • Korean: “차위현”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Zayü Koān”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Zayü-koān”
  • Persian: “شهرستان زایو”
  • Polish: “Zayü”
  • Russian: “Дзаю”
  • Slovenian: “Zaju”
  • Spanish: “Zayu”
  • Swedish: “Dzayul”
  • Tibetan: “Zayü Xian”
  • Tibetan: “Zayü”
  • Tibetan: “རྫ་ཡུལ་རྫོང་།”
  • Ukrainian: “Цзаю”
  • Urdu: “زایو کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Zayü”
  • Wu Chinese: “察隅县”
  • Yue Chinese: “察隅”

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