Nyingchi
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Nyingchi is a prefecture-level city in Tibet Autonomous Region, with administrative division code 540400.

## Administrative status

Nyingchi is part of [Tibet Autonomous Region](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/tibet.html) (autonomous region)[^mca2023].

## Subdivisions

7 county-level or higher divisions[^mca2023]:

- [Bayi District](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/bayi.html) (district, 540402)
- [Gongbo'gyamda County](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/gongbo-gyamda.html) (county, 540421)
- [Mêdog County](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/medog.html) (county, 540423)
- [Bomê County](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/bome.html) (county, 540424)
- [Zayu County](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/zayu.html) (county, 540425)
- [Nang County](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/nang.html) (county, 540426)
- [Mainling City](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/mainling.html) (county-level city, 540481)

## Basic facts

- Administrative division code: 540400[^mca2023]
- Area: 114,215.1 km²[^wikidata]
- Population: 238,936 (2020)[^wikidata]

## History

- From 1 February 1986: named “林芝地区”, until 15 March 2015[^wikidata].
- From 1 February 1960: named “林芝专区”, until 30 September 1963[^wikidata].

Updated: 2026-10-29

Tags:
- Administrative division https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/tags/admin-division.html

Relations:
- Located in: Tibet Autonomous Region https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/tibet.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Bayi District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/bayi.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Gongbo'gyamda County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/gongbo-gyamda.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Mêdog County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/medog.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Bomê County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/bome.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Zayu County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/zayu.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Nang County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/nang.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Mainling City https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/mainling.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)

Mentioned in:
- Tibet Autonomous Region https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/tibet.html
- Bayi District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/bayi.html
- Gongbo'gyamda County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/gongbo-gyamda.html
- Mêdog County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/medog.html
- Bomê County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/bome.html
- Nang County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/nang.html
- Mainling City https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/mainling.html

Sources:
- 2023年中华人民共和国县以上行政区划代码（民政部） https://www.mca.gov.cn/mzsj/xzqh/2023/202301xzqh.html 代码 540400 林芝市
- Wikidata Q1012465 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1012465
- Nyingchi (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyingchi
- 林芝市（维基百科） https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9E%97%E8%8A%9D%E5%B8%82