Saga County

Saga County
萨嘎县ས་དགའ་རྫོང་།
Saka
Shopping area in Saga
Shopping area in Saga
Location of Saga County (red) within Shigatse City (yellow) and the Tibet AR
Location of Saga County (red) within Shigatse City (yellow) and the Tibet AR
Saga is located in Tibet
Saga
Saga
Location of the seat in the Tibet AR
Saga is located in China
Saga
Saga
Saga (China)
Coordinates (Saga County government): 29°19′41″N 85°13′59″E / 29.328°N 85.233°E / 29.328; 85.233
CountryChina
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityXigazê
County seatGya'gya (Saga)
Area
 • Total
12,418.87 km2 (4,794.95 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
16,220
 • Density1.3/km2 (3.4/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.sgx.gov.cn
Saga County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese萨嘎县
Traditional Chinese薩嘎縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSàgā Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanས་དགའ་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wyliesa dga' rdzong
Tibetan PinyinSaga Zong

Saga County (Tibetan: ས་དགའ་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 萨嘎县) is a county of the prefecture-level city of Xigazê in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, bordering Nepal to the west and southwest.[2]

Dajia Lake and Jiesa Lake lies in the county.

  1. ^ "日喀则市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Government of Xigazê. 2021-07-20.
  2. ^ Croddy, E. (2022). China’s Provinces and Populations: A Chronological and Geographical Survey. Springer International Publishing. p. 698. ISBN 978-3-031-09165-0. Retrieved 2024-03-07.

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