Xainza

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.

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
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

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]

Villages

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)