Brief introduction of Shannan Zedang

Shannan region of Tibet is located in the valley area south of Gangdise Mountain to Nyainqentanglha Mountain, the middle reaches of Yarlung Zangbo River and the southern border of Tibet. There are 12 counties, 24 towns, 56 townships and 596 administrative villages in the whole region, with a total land area of 79,700 square kilometers (excluding India's 28,700 square kilometers), a total population of 3 18 million people, and Tibetan, Han, Menba and Barrow ethnic groups. The annual average temperature in the whole region is 7.4-8.9℃, which is short and cool in summer, long and dry in winter, frequent gale, long freezing time, large temperature difference between morning and evening and short frost-free period. It is called "Southern Tibet Valley", with an average elevation of about 3,700 meters. It borders Lhasa in the north, Shigatse in the west, Linzhi in the east, India and Bhutan in the south, with a border of 6,700 meters.