SW China
Tibet
Nagqu

Biru County

Biru County is the most populated county within of the , China. The name means "female yak". Either of the following pronunciations can be considered correct in Standard Tibetan: ~ or ~.
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  • Type: City with 50,000 residents
  • Description: county in Nagqu City, Lhasa, Tibet, China
  • Also known as: “Biru”, “biru xian”, “Biru Xian”, and “Pi-ju Hsien”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Biru Town.

Town
Photo: Kunchok Kyab, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Biru is a town in and the seat of the Biru County, eastern , Western China. It lies at an altitude of around 3,900 metres. Biru is located on the Gyalmo Ngulchu River.

Biru County

Latitude
31.4821° or 31° 28′ 56″ north
Longitude
93.6799° or 93° 40′ 48″ east
Population
50,000
Elevation
4,532 metres (14,869 feet)
Open location code
8M3MFMJH+RX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244076950
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1281623
Wiki­data ID
Q865936
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Biru County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Biru Xian”
  • Chinese: “Biru Koān”
  • Chinese: “Bǐrú Xiàn”
  • Chinese: “比如”
  • Chinese: “比如县”
  • Dutch: “Arrondissement Biru”
  • Dutch: “Biru Xian”
  • Dutch: “Biru Xiàn”
  • Dutch: “Bǐrú Xiàn”
  • Dutch: “Biru”
  • Dutch: “Driru Dzong”
  • Dutch: “Driru”
  • French: “Biru”
  • French: “Comte de Biru”
  • French: “Comté de biru”
  • French: “Comté de Biru”
  • French: “Comté De Biru”
  • French: “xian de Biru”
  • French: “Xian de Biru”
  • Gan Chinese: “比如县”
  • German: “Biru”
  • German: “Driru Dzong”
  • Italian: “Contea di Biru”
  • Japanese: “ディル県”
  • Japanese: “ビル県”
  • Japanese: “比如県”
  • Korean: “디루현”
  • Korean: “비루현”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Biru-koān”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Biru”
  • Norwegian: “Biru”
  • Persian: “شهرستان بیرو”
  • Polish: “Biru”
  • Russian: “Биру”
  • Spanish: “Biru”
  • Swedish: “Driru”
  • Tibetan: “Biru Xian”
  • Tibetan: “Biru”
  • Tibetan: “འབྲི་རུ་རྫོང་།”
  • Tibetan: “འབྲི་རུ་རྫོང་”
  • Urdu: “بیرو کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Bỉ Như”
  • Vietnamese: “Biru”
  • Wu Chinese: “比如县”
  • Yue Chinese: “比如”

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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 “Biru County”. Photo: Kunchok Kyab, CC BY-SA 4.0.