Mainling City

Also known as milin xian, Mainling County, Menling, Miling, Manling, Milin, Zêlagang

Mainling (; ), formerly Mainling County, is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Nyingchi in eastern Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Mainling
Settlement.settlement_type: County-level city
Settlement.image_skyline: Namcha Barwa from the west.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Western slope of Namcha Barwa, captured from Naibai Observation Deck, Mainling City
Settlement.pushpin_map: Tibet#China
Settlement.pushpin_label: Mainling
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of the seat in the Tibet Autonomous Region
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: China
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Tibet
Settlement.subdivision_type2

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Mainling (; ), formerly Mainling County, is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Nyingchi in eastern Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

==Geography== Mainling is located in the central-west of the Nyingtri Prefecture, at the middle reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, and between the Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains and the Himalayan Mountains. It de jure covers an area of 9,490 square kilometres, including the area claimed but de facto under control of the Arunachal Pradesh, India. The average altitude is 3,700 metres above sea level.