SW China
Tibet
Xigaze

Gyirong County

Kyirong or Gyirong County, also known by its Chinese name Jilong, is a county of the Prefecture, , China. It is famous for its mild climatically conditions and its abundant vegetation which is unusual for the Tibetan plateau.
Tap on a place
to explore it
xzjl.gov.cn
Wikipedia
Photo: Nicolai Bangsgaard, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: City with 17,200 residents
  • Description: county in Shigatse, Tibet, China
  • Also known as: “Chi-lung Hsien”, “Gyirong”, “ji long”, “Jilong”, “jilong xian”, “Jilong Xian”, “ko=지룽현”, and “Kyirong”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dzongka.

Town
or Zongga is a town and the administrative headquarters of Gyirong County in the southwestern region of China bordering . Being the administrative headquarters, it is also sometimes referred to as "Gyirong Dzong" or "Gyirong Town", but it is different from the original in the southern part of the county.

Gyirong County

Latitude
28.8559° or 28° 51′ 21″ north
Longitude
85.295° or 85° 17′ 42″ east
Population
17,200
Elevation
4,897 metres (16,066 feet)
Open location code
7MW7V74W+92
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244080418
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1281092
Wiki­data ID
Q1208219
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Gyirong County from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Gyirong County” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Գյիրոնգ”
  • Cebuano: “Gyirong Xian”
  • Chinese: “Gyirong Koān”
  • Chinese: “Jílóng xiàn”
  • Chinese: “吉隆”
  • Chinese: “吉隆县”
  • Chinese: “吉隆縣”
  • Dutch: “Gyirong (arrondissement)”
  • Dutch: “Gyirong”
  • French: “Comte de Gyirong”
  • French: “Comté de Gyirong”
  • French: “Gyirong”
  • French: “Jilong”
  • French: “Kyirong”
  • French: “xian de Gyirong”
  • French: “Xian de Gyirong”
  • Gan Chinese: “吉隆县”
  • German: “Gyirong”
  • German: “Jílóng Xiàn”
  • German: “Kyirong Dzong”
  • German: “Kyirong”
  • Italian: “Contea di Gyirong”
  • Japanese: “キドン県”
  • Japanese: “吉隆県”
  • Korean: “기롱현”
  • Korean: “지룽현”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gyirong-koān”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gyirong”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kyirong”
  • Norwegian: “Gyirong”
  • Persian: “شهرستان گییرونگ”
  • Polish: “Gyirong”
  • Russian: “Гьиронг”
  • Russian: “Кьиронг”
  • Spanish: “Gyirong”
  • Swedish: “Kyirong”
  • Tibetan: “Gyirong Xian”
  • Tibetan: “Gyirong”
  • Tibetan: “སྐྱིད་གྲོང་རྫོང་།”
  • Tibetan: “སྐྱིད་གྲོང་རྫོང་”
  • Tibetan: “སྐྱིད་རོང་རྫོང་།”
  • Ukrainian: “Г’їронг”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґ’їронґ”
  • Urdu: “گئیرونگ کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Cát Long”
  • Vietnamese: “Gyirong”
  • Wu Chinese: “吉隆县”
  • Yue Chinese: “吉隆”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Friendship New Village and Kyamda.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 吉隆县人民政府 and 吉隆县宗嘎镇卫生院.

Xigaze: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Shigatse, Gyantse, Sakya, and Dram.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gyirong County”. Photo: Nicolai Bangsgaard, CC BY 2.0.