Tingri County or Dhringgri County (; ), is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xigazê in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The county comprises the upper valley of the Bum-chu or Arun River, with the valleys of its tributaries plus the valleys of the Rongshar Tsangpo and the Lapchi Gang Tsanpo which flow south into Nepal. It is bordered on the south by the main range of the Himalayas including Mount Everest (Tib. Chomolungma), Makalu and Cho Oyu. The present county administration is located at Shelkar, about east of Tingri (town). It is one of the four counties that comprise the Qomolangma National Nature Preserve (Tingri, Dinjie, Nyalam, and Kyirong). Towns and townships Shelkar Town (, ) Gangga Town (, ) Qutang Township (, ) Tashi Dzom Township (, ) Kaimar Township (, ) Ronxar Township (, ) Cogo Township (, ) Qulho Township (, ) Chamco Township (, ) Nyixar Township (, ) Zagor Township (, ) Pain'gyi Township (, ) Gyaco Township (, ) Climate Transport China National Highway 318 Shigatse Tingri Airport (under construction) Footnotes Further reading Annals of Tingri County Counties of Tibet Shigatse