Nangchen
| Nangqên County | |
|---|---|
| County | |
| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| • Chinese | 囊谦县 |
| • Pinyin | Nángqiān Xiàn |
| Coordinates: 32°14′10″N 95°58′23″E / 32.236°N 95.973°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Qinghai |
| Prefecture | Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Nangqên County, or Nangchen (Tibetan: ནང་ཆེན།, ZYPY: nang chen, Chinese: 囊谦县; pinyin: Nángqiān Xiàn), was formerly one of Kham region's five independent kingdoms and now administered by the CCP as a county of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southernmost Qinghai province, China.
The county seat is Xangda (shor mda’ / Xiāngdá Zhèn 香达镇), built in a side valley and on the right bank of the Dza Chu (upper reaches of the Mekong). In 2000, the county's population amounted to 57.387 people, inhabiting a surface of 11.539 km².
The county's name is derived from the former king (nang chen rgyal po) and kingdom of Nangchen, a tribal confederation that adhered to the Chinese government of Gansu (after 1928 to newly established Qinghai province), but was highly autonomous. The present-day's county comprises the core area of that kingdom.
A Yelpa Kagyu monastery, Tana Monastery (Jang Tana), was founded by Yelpa Yeshe Tsek in 1068. It is considered a branch monastery of Tsurpu.
Nangqên is divided into one town and 9 townships:
Coordinates: 32°14′N 96°06′E / 32.233°N 96.100°E
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