13 Facts About Nagqu

On May 7,2018, the former Nagqu Prefecture was officially declared the sixth prefecture-level city in Tibet after Lhasa, Shigatse, Chamdo, Nyingchi and Shannan.

The main city of Nagqu is 330 kilometres by the China National Highway 109 northeast of Lhasa.

Nagqu was once known as "Heihe" which comes from that the Tibetan word means black river.

Nagqu appeared clearly in the earliest historical materials, it was part of the ancient Zhangzhung and it was called Yangtong in Chinese historical records.

The modern Nagqu roughly is the territories of middle Zhangzhung and outer Zhangzhung.

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In 1751, Kanxiang Dzong in Nagqu was formed to the direct rule of the Kashag Government, and part of the area was under the jurisdiction of Panchen.

Former Nagqu Prefecture was approved for prefecture-level city status on October 2,2017 by the State Council, and it was officially established on May 7,2018.

Nagqu Town is 330 kilometres by the China National Highway 109 northeast of Lhasa.

Nagqu is bordered by Bayingolin and Hotan Prefectures of Xinjiang to the north, Haixi, Yushu Prefectures of Qinghai and Chamdo to the east, Nyingchi, Lhasa and Shigatse to the south, and Ngari Prefecture to the west.

Nagqu is extremely rich in water resources, with a total surface water resources of about 54 billion cubic meters, groundwater resources of about 25.

Dorsoidong Co and Chibzhang Co, over 300 kilometres northwest of Nagqu Town covered a lake area of 1,012 square kilometres as of 2018.

The principal rivers of Nagqu are the Dangqu, Zhajia Zangbo, Jiagang Zangbu, Suoqu, Xiaqu, Benqu, Ba Qingqu, and Yiqu with hundreds more throughout the region.

Nagqu is affected by monsoon climate, plate geology movements, and complex terrain and other disaster-causing factors, it is a natural disaster-prone, contiguous and frequent region.