Ri'og
Ri'og (Tibetan: རི་འོག་ ; Chinese: 日屋镇; pinyin: Rìwū Zhèn) is a town in Dinggyê County, in the Shigatse prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. At the time of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 1,113.[1] As of 2019, it had five villages under its administration.[2]
Ri'og རི་འོག་ · 日屋镇 | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Ri'og Location within Tibet Autonomous Region | |
| Coordinates: 28°00′17″N 87°41′11″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous Region | Tibet |
| Prefecture-level city | Shigatse |
| County | Dinggyê |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,113 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Ri'og has been a traditional trade market between Tibet and Nepal. However, due to lack of cross-border vehicle-accessible route, the trade has been limited in scale.[3]
References
- "China: Shigatse, Xigazê / 日喀则地区革". National Bureau of Statistics of China, accessed via Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- 2019年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：日屋镇. National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China.
- 郭俞洁. 不可忽视的聂拉木与日屋 [Nyalam and Ri'og could not be overlooked]. ctibet.cn. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
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