Yadong County
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"Yadong" redirects here. For the town, see Yatung.
Yadong County (Chinese: 亚东县; pinyin: Yàdōng xiàn), also known by its Tibetan name Dromo/Tromo County (Tibetan: གྲོ་མོ་རྫོང, Wylie: gro mo rdzong, THL: dro mo dzong, ZYPY: Chomo Zong)[2][3] is a frontier county and trade-market of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, part of its Shigatse Prefecture.[4]
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Yadong County
亚东县 • གྲོ་མོ་རྫོང Dromo, Tromo, Chomo | |
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Coordinates (Yadong County government): 27°29′10″N 88°54′26″E | |
Country | China |
Autonomous region | Tibet |
Prefecture-level city | Shigatse |
County seat | Shasima (Yatung) |
Area | |
• Total | 4,240.14 km2 (1,637.13 sq mi) |
Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 15,449 |
• Density | 3.6/km2 (9.4/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Website | www |
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Yadong County is coextensive with the Chumbi valley that extends south into the Himalayas between Sikkim and Bhutan. It shares boundaries with both India and Bhutan. It covers about 4,306 square kilometers with a population of 10,000. Its headquarters is Yatung (also called Shasima).