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Xainza

Xainza
Town
Tibetan transcription(s)
 • Tibetan ཤན་རྩ་རྫོང
 • Wylie transliteration shan rtsa rdzong
 • official transcription (PRC) Xainza
 • THDL Shentsa
Chinese transcription(s)
 • Traditional 申扎镇
 • Simplified 申扎县
 • Pinyin Shēnzhā Xiàn
Xainza is located in Tibet
Xainza
Xainza
Location within Tibet
Coordinates: 30°56′5″N 88°42′17″E / 30.93472°N 88.70472°E / 30.93472; 88.70472
Country China
Region Tibet
Prefecture Nagqu Prefecture
County Xainza County
Area
 • Total 2,146 km2 (829 sq mi)
Population (2004)
 • Total 17,000
 • Major Nationalities Tibetan
 • Regional dialect Tibetan language
Time zone +8

Xainza (also Naktsang,Xainza Town or Shantsa) is a town and township-level administrative unit and seat of Shentsa County or Xainza County, Nagqu Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

It covers an area of 2146 square kilometres and in 2004 had a total population of about 17,000. The township was established by the Chinese in 1961. The main occupation is animal husbandry, mainly yak, goat and sheep rearing.

The township-level division contains the following settlements:


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