Mainling

County-level city in Tibet, China

Mainling

米林市 • སྨན་གླིང་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།

County-level city

Western slope of Namcha Barwa, captured from Naibai Observation Deck, Mainling City

Mainling

Location of the seat in the Tibet Autonomous Region

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Mainling

Mainling (China)

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Coordinates: 29°36′00.00″N 94°12′07.20″E﻿ / ﻿29.6000000°N 94.2020000°E﻿ / 29.6000000; 94.2020000
Country| China
Autonomous region| Tibet
Prefecture-level city| Nyingchi
Municipal seat| Mainling
Area

• Total

| 9,490 km2 (3,660 sq mi)
Population

(2020)[1]

• Total

| 26,176
• Density| 2.8/km2 (7.1/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website| www.milin.gov.cn
Mainling

Chinese name
Chinese| 米林市
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Mǐlín Shì
Tibetan name
Tibetan| སྨན་གླིང་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།
| Transcriptions

Wylie| sman gling grong khyer
Tibetan Pinyin| Mainling Chongkyêr

Mainling (Tibetan: སྨན་གླིང་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།; Chinese: 米林市; pinyin: Mǐlín; ), formerly Mainling County, is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Nyingchi in eastern Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

## Geography

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Mainling is located in the central-west of the Nyingtri Prefecture, at the middle reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, and between the Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains and the Himalayan Mountains. It de jure covers an area of 9,490 square kilometres, including the area claimed but de facto under control of the Arunachal Pradesh, India. The average altitude is 3,700 metres above sea level.

## Climate

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Climate data for Mainling, elevation 2,950 m (9,680 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)  | 19.1
(66.4)  | 19.4
(66.9)  | 22.3
(72.1)  | 24.1
(75.4)  | 25.8
(78.4)  | 27.9
(82.2)  | 29.7
(85.5)  | 27.8
(82.0)  | 27.9
(82.2)  | 24.6
(76.3)  | 19.1
(66.4)  | 16.7
(62.1)  | 29.7
(85.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | 8.1
(46.6)  | 9.5
(49.1)  | 12.3
(54.1)  | 15.6
(60.1)  | 18.4
(65.1)  | 21.0
(69.8)  | 22.3
(72.1)  | 22.3
(72.1)  | 20.5
(68.9)  | 16.7
(62.1)  | 13.4
(56.1)  | 9.9
(49.8)  | 15.8
(60.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)  | 0.5
(32.9)  | 2.6
(36.7)  | 5.6
(42.1)  | 8.6
(47.5)  | 11.7
(53.1)  | 15.1
(59.2)  | 16.3
(61.3)  | 16.1
(61.0)  | 14.3
(57.7)  | 10.1
(50.2)  | 5.3
(41.5)  | 1.6
(34.9)  | 9.0
(48.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | −4.9
(23.2)  | −2.1
(28.2)  | 1.1
(34.0)  | 4.0
(39.2)  | 7.3
(45.1)  | 11.2
(52.2)  | 12.5
(54.5)  | 12.1
(53.8)  | 10.5
(50.9)  | 5.9
(42.6)  | −0.3
(31.5)  | −4.2
(24.4)  | 4.4
(40.0)
Record low °C (°F)  | −15.8
(3.6)  | −12.1
(10.2)  | −9.4
(15.1)  | −6.0
(21.2)  | −2.4
(27.7)  | 2.1
(35.8)  | 6.1
(43.0)  | 4.4
(39.9)  | 0.5
(32.9)  | −6.9
(19.6)  | −10.0
(14.0)  | −14.5
(5.9)  | −15.8
(3.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 4.8
(0.19)  | 10.9
(0.43)  | 31.4
(1.24)  | 57.0
(2.24)  | 85.7
(3.37)  | 121.0
(4.76)  | 143.4
(5.65)  | 116.4
(4.58)  | 84.5
(3.33)  | 39.1
(1.54)  | 4.6
(0.18)  | 2.6
(0.10)  | 701.4
(27.61)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.8  | 8.3  | 14.8  | 19.4  | 21.3  | 23.3  | 24.1  | 22.3  | 19.8  | 14.8  | 4.1  | 2.4  | 179.4
Average snowy days  | 11.0  | 13.4  | 7.9  | 1.0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0.1  | 1.9  | 6.6  | 41.9
Average relative humidity (%)  | 60  | 63  | 66  | 69  | 71  | 75  | 77  | 75  | 76  | 70  | 62  | 60  | 69
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 159.4  | 126.8  | 134.8  | 133.5  | 130.5  | 104.4  | 114.3  | 124.9  | 113.3  | 138.9  | 168.3  | 178.8  | 1,627.9
Percentage possible sunshine | 49  | 40  | 36  | 34  | 31  | 25  | 27  | 31  | 31  | 40  | 53  | 56  | 38
Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3]

## Economy

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The mine resources of the city are gold dust, plaster, limestone, chromium and iron, etc.

The main economy style in Mainling is farming and forest industry. The main species of the trees are fir, spruce, pine, oak, and cypress, etc. The total cumulation volume of woods is 40 million cubic metres. The special fruit productions are apples, apple pears, walnuts and peaches.

Nyingchi Mainling Airport is located in Mainling.[4]

## Demography

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In 1999 the city had a population of 17347 inhabitants.[5]

The city is home to the Lhoba people.[6]

## Administrative divisions

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Mainling contains 3 towns, 4 townships, and 1 ethnic township.

Name  | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie

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Towns
Mainling Town | 米林镇 | Mǐlín zhèn | སྨན་གླིང་གྲོང་རྡལ། | sman gling grong rdal
Pé Town | 派镇 | Pài zhèn | ཕད་གྲོང་རྡལ། | phad grong rdal
Orong Town | 卧龙镇 | Wòlóng zhèn | ཨོ་རོང་གྲོང་རྡལ། | o rong grong rdal
Townships
Tamnyen Township | 丹娘乡 | Dānniáng xiāng | གཏམ་སྙན་ཤང་། | gtan snyan shang
Tashi Rabten Township | 扎西绕登乡 | Zhāxīràodēng xiāng | བཀྲིས་རབ་བརྟན་ཤང་། | bkra shis rab brtan shang
Nelung Township | 里龙乡 | Lǐlóng xiāng | གནས་ལུང་ཤང་། | gnas lung shang
Chanak Township | 羌纳乡 | Qiāngnà xiāng | ཆ་ནག་ཤང་། | chu nag shang
Ethnic township
Naiyü Lhoba Ethnic Township | 南伊珞巴族乡 | Nányī Luòbāzú xiāng | གནས་ཡུལ་ལྷོ་པ་མི་རིགས་ཤང་། | gnas yul lho pa mi rigs shang

* includes areas claimed but currently under control of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

### Villages

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* Zhongsa Village (Danniang Township)

## References

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1. ^ "林芝市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Government of Nyingchi. 2021-06-17.
2. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
3. ^ "Experience Template" 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
4. ^ 中国交通运输发展（1978～2018）. 改革开放研究丛书 (in Chinese). Social Sciences Academic Press. 2018. p. 2016-IA4. ISBN 978-7-5201-2864-3. Retrieved 2025-02-20.
5. ^ National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period, in China County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS
6. ^ 珞巴妇女性别角色与社会地位变迁：以米林县南伊珞巴民族乡为例. 西藏历史与现状综合研究项目 (in Chinese). Social Sciences Academic Press. 2015. p. 35\. ISBN 978-7-5097-7063-4. Retrieved 2025-02-20.

## External links

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* Tibetinfor.com
* Mainling County Annals

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County-level divisions of Tibet Autonomous Region

Lhasa (capital)

Prefecture-level
cities|

| Lhasa|

* Chengguan District
* Doilungdêqên District
* Dagzê District
* Lhünzhub County
* Damxung County
* Nyêmo County
* Qüxü County
* Maizhokunggar County

|

Xigazê|

* Samzhubzê District
* Namling County
* Gyangzê County
* Tingri County
* Sa'gya County
* Lhatse County
* Ngamring County
* Xaitongmoin County
* Bainang County
* Rinbung County
* Kangmar County
* Dinggyê County
* Zhongba County
* Yadong County
* Gyirong County
* Nyalam County
* Saga County
* Kamba County

Qamdo|

* Karub District
* Jomda County
* Gonjo County
* Riwoqê County
* Dêngqên County
* Zhag'yab County
* Baxoi County
* Zogang County
* Markam County
* Lhorong County
* Banbar County

Nyingchi|

* Bayi District
* Mainling city**
* Gongbo'gyamda County
* Mêdog County**
* Pome County
* Zayul County**
* Nang County**

Shannan|

* Nêdong District
* Tsona city**
* Zhanang County
* Gonggar County
* Sangri County
* Qonggyai County
* Qusum County
* Comai County
* Lhozhag County
* Gyaca County
* Lhuntse County**
* Nagarzê County

Nagqu|

* Seni District
* Lhari County
* Biru County
* Nyainrong County
* Amdo County
* Xainza County
* Sog County
* Baingoin County
* Baqên County
* Nyima County
* Shuanghu County

Prefecture|

| Ngari|

* Gar County
* Purang County
* Tsamda County
* Rutog County
* Gê'gyai County
* Gertse County
* Coqên County

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** Southern portions of these counties are claimed by the People's Republic of China as part of the South Tibet area, but are administered by India.

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Nyingchi

District|

Bayi

Counties|

* Pome
* Gongbo'gyamda
* Mainling
* Mêdog
* Zayul
* Nang

Towns and villages|

* Alamdo
* Bayi
* Bamda
* Tsawarong
* Chuka
* Chubarong
* Chubalung
* Gartog
* Gohaling
* Gunwa
* Goyul
* Dombang
* Kamsa
* Lunang
* Oibab
* Puqu
* Puzang
* Qizhong
* Qoidên
* Rawu
* Xia Lingka
* Tramog

Geography|

| Lakes|

* Pagsum Lake
* Xin Co
* Galang Lake
* Cuomujiri Lake
* Guxiang Lake
* Rijimu Co

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Rivers|

* Ba River
* Nyang River
* Yiong Tsangpo
* Tongmai Special Bridge

Mountains|

* Kangri Karpo
* Namcha Barwa
* Gangxiang Primeval Forest
* Galongla Mountain
* Biri Sacred Mountain
* Kading Valley
* Nanyi Valley
* Serjila Mountain
* Mount Bonri
* Dorje Draktsen Rock
* Temo La

Glacier|

* Midui Glacier
* Langqiu Glacier
* Gawalong Glacier
* Zepu Glacier
* Kachin Glacier
* Zhuxi Glacier

Culture|

* Buchu Monastery
* Lamaling Monastery
* Tsozong Gongba Monastery
* Red Building of the Zamu Central County Committee
* Lieshan Cemetery
* Yigong General's Building
* Nyang Pavilion
* Nyingchi Peach Blossom Festival
* Lulang Forest Sea
* Bomi Peach Blossom Valley
* Xiuba Ancient Fortress
* Lieshan Ancient Tombs
* Gongbo Park

Sciences & Business|

* Central Tibet Networking Project
* Tibet Cheezheng Tibetan Medicine
* Xizang Agricultural and Husbandry University
* Nyingchi Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
* Nyingchi Convention and Exhibition Center
* Linzhi Metal Structure Factory

Transportation|

* China National Highway 219
* Lhasa–Nyingchi railway
* Nyingchi railway station
* Nyingchi Mainling Airport
* Mêdog Highway

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