Nêdong District (Tibetan: སྣེ་གདོང་ཆུས།; Chinese: 乃东区) is a district of Shannan in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Nêdong District has a storied administrative history rooted in its strategic location along the Yarlung River.

Tradruk Temple, an important early Buddhist monastery dating to the reign of Songtsen Gampo, is located in the Yarlung Valley in Nêdong as is Yungbulakang Palace.

History

Originally part of the ancient Tibetan Empire, it served as a key administrative center during the 7th–9th centuries CE, with Yumbu Lakhang Palace symbolizing its royal legacy.[2]

During the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368), the area was incorporated into the Central Government's governance as part of the Ü-Tsang region.[3] In the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1912) periods, Nêdong evolved into a county-level entity, overseeing local affairs and serving as a cultural nexus.[4] In 1959, Naedong County was established under the jurisdiction of the Shannan Special Administrative Region.[5] In 1970, the Shannan Special Administrative Region was renamed Shannan Prefecture. In February 2016, the State Council approved the abolition of Shannan Prefecture and Nedong County, establishing Shannan City at the prefectural level and Nedong District under Shannan City.[6]

Administrative divisions

Nêdong District contains 1 subdistrict, 1 town and 5 townships.

Name Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie
Subdistrict
Tsetang Subdistrict 泽当街道 Zédāng Jiēdào རྩེད་ཐང་ཁྲོམ་ལམ་། rtsed thang khrom lam
Town
Thradrug Town 昌珠镇 Chāngzhū zhèn ཁྲ་འབྲུག་གྲོང་རྡལ། khra 'brug grong rdal
Townships
Yadoi Township 亚堆乡 Yàduī xiāng ཡ་སྟོད་ཤང་། ya stod shang
Sodruk Township 索珠乡 Suǒzhū xiāng སོ་དྲུག་ཤང་། so drug shang
Dopozhang Township 多颇章乡 Duōpōzhāng xiāng རྡོ་ཕོ་བྲང་ཤང་། sdo pho brang shang
Kerpa Township 结巴乡 Jiébā xiāng སྐར་པ་ཤང་། skar pa shang
Pozhang Township 颇章乡 Pōzhāng xiāng པོ་བྲང་ཤང་། pho brang shang

Climate

Climate data for Shannan (Nedong District), elevation 3,560 m (11,680 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 20.5
(68.9) 		20.6
(69.1) 		25.0
(77.0) 		26.5
(79.7) 		28.7
(83.7) 		30.0
(86.0) 		30.3
(86.5) 		28.5
(83.3) 		27.1
(80.8) 		24.5
(76.1) 		22.5
(72.5) 		19.3
(66.7) 		30.3
(86.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 9.3
(48.7) 		10.8
(51.4) 		14.2
(57.6) 		17.2
(63.0) 		20.7
(69.3) 		23.9
(75.0) 		23.6
(74.5) 		22.7
(72.9) 		21.5
(70.7) 		18.4
(65.1) 		13.7
(56.7) 		10.3
(50.5) 		17.2
(63.0)
Daily mean °C (°F) 0.8
(33.4) 		3.1
(37.6) 		6.7
(44.1) 		9.5
(49.1) 		13.2
(55.8) 		16.5
(61.7) 		16.5
(61.7) 		15.9
(60.6) 		14.5
(58.1) 		10.4
(50.7) 		4.8
(40.6) 		1.0
(33.8) 		9.4
(48.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −6.7
(19.9) 		−4.2
(24.4) 		−0.3
(31.5) 		2.9
(37.2) 		6.8
(44.2) 		10.6
(51.1) 		11.6
(52.9) 		11.2
(52.2) 		9.4
(48.9) 		4.0
(39.2) 		−2.1
(28.2) 		−6.2
(20.8) 		3.1
(37.5)
Record low °C (°F) −18.2
(−0.8) 		−13.3
(8.1) 		−10.1
(13.8) 		−6.8
(19.8) 		−2.6
(27.3) 		0.7
(33.3) 		5.8
(42.4) 		4.5
(40.1) 		−0.7
(30.7) 		−6.1
(21.0) 		−11.2
(11.8) 		−14.8
(5.4) 		−18.2
(−0.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 0.6
(0.02) 		1.5
(0.06) 		4.9
(0.19) 		14.4
(0.57) 		30.0
(1.18) 		52.4
(2.06) 		122.4
(4.82) 		113.0
(4.45) 		53.7
(2.11) 		8.5
(0.33) 		1.2
(0.05) 		0.5
(0.02) 		403.1
(15.86)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 0.5 1.2 3.1 6.4 9.3 13.5 19.9 18.6 12.4 3.3 0.7 0.3 89.2
Average snowy days 1.4 2.6 6.3 5.2 1.0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1.4 0.6 19.5
Average relative humidity (%) 28 27 32 40 44 51 61 62 58 44 33 31 43
Mean monthly sunshine hours 230.2 220.5 250.8 255.9 269.9 248.3 213.8 223.0 231.7 264.2 244.3 237.8 2,890.4
Percent possible sunshine 71 69 67 66 64 59 50 55 63 75 77 75 66
Source: China Meteorological Administration[7][8]

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Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nedong_District
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