Xainza

not to be confused with Naktsang Town in the Haa District of southwestern Bhutan

Xainza
Town
Tibetan transcription(s)
• Tibetan	ཤན་རྩ་རྫོང
• Wylie transliteration	shan rtsa rdzong
• official transcription (PRC)	Xainza
• THDL	Shentsa
Chinese transcription(s)
• Traditional	申扎镇
• Simplified	申扎县
• Pinyin	Shēnzhā Xiàn
Xainza Location within Tibet
Coordinates: 30°56′5″N 88°42′17″E / 30.93472°N 88.70472°E / 30.93472; 88.70472
Country	China
Region	Tibet
Prefecture	Nagqu Prefecture
County	Xainza County
Area
• Total	2,146 km2 (829 sq mi)
Population  (2004)
• Total	17,000
• Major Nationalities	Tibetan
• Regional dialect	Tibetan language
Time zone	+8

Xainza (also Naktsang,^[1] Xainza Town or Shantsa) is a town and township-level administrative unit and seat of Shentsa County or Xainza County, Nagqu Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

It covers an area of 2146 square kilometres and in 2004 had a total population of about 17,000.^[2] The township was established by the Chinese in 1961.^[3] The main occupation is animal husbandry, mainly yak, goat and sheep rearing.^[3]

The township-level division contains the following settlements:^[2]

• Gasangduo (neighborhood) (嘎桑多居委会)
• Rongsaiduo (neighborhood) (融塞多居委会)
• Nacha (拿查村)
• Luopu (罗普村 )
• Qiangrong (羌戎村)
• Qubu (曲布村)
• Yongzhu Woma (永珠沃玛村)
• Rennaduo (仁那多村)

• Dorje, Gyurme. Footprint Tibet Handbook. 4th Edition. (2009) Bath, U.K.

• Photo of Xainza Town