# Nyalam County

Nyalam County (Chinese: 聂拉木县; Tibetan: གཉའ་ལམ་རྫོང་།) is a county in Shigatse, Tibet, China. It borders on Nepal.
The land area of the county is 7,903 km$^2$ (3,051 sq mi). The population as of 2003 was 10,000. The postal code for the county is 858300.
The county seat is in Nyalam Town.
The other town of the county is Zhangmu, also known by its Tibetan name Dram, or Nepali Khasa. It is located near the border and is the point of entry from Nepal. At "merely" 2,300 meters elevation about the sea level, Zhangmu has mild and humid subtropical climate, which is a rarity for Tibet.
It is one of the four counties that comprise the Qomolangma National Nature Preserve (Nyalam, Tingri, Dinggyê, and Kyirong).

## Administration divisions

Nyalam County is divided into 2 towns and 5 townships.
| Name | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie |
| Towns |||||
| Nyalam Town | 聂拉木镇 | Nièlāmù zhèn | གནའ་ལམ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | gnya' lam grong rdal |
| Dram Town | 樟木镇 | Zhāngmù zhèn | འགྲམ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | 'gram grong rdal |
| Townships |||||
| Yarlêb Township | 亚来乡 | Yàlái xiāng | ཡར་སླེབས་ཤང་། | yar slebs shang |
| Zurco Township | 琐作乡 | Suǒzuò xiāng | ཟུར་མཚོ་ཤང་། | zur mtsho shang |
| Nailung Township | 乃龙乡 | Nǎilóng xiāng | ནས་ལུང་ཤང་། | nas lung shang |
| Mainpu Township | 门布乡 | Ménbù xiāng | སྨན་ཕུ་ཤང་། | sman phu shang |
| Borong Township | 波绒乡 | Bōróng xiāng | སྤོ་རོང་ཤང་། | spo rong shang |

## Climate

Climate data for Nyalam, elevation 3,810 m (12,500 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.3 (61.3) | 17.7 (63.9) | 17.6 (63.7) | 18.0 (64.4) | 20.6 (69.1) | 21.6 (70.9) | 23.1 (73.6) | 21.7 (71.1) | 19.2 (66.6) | 18.4 (65.1) | 16.1 (61.0) | 15.9 (60.6) | 23.1 (73.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.0 (37.4) | 3.7 (38.7) | 6.2 (43.2) | 9.5 (49.1) | 12.0 (53.6) | 14.4 (57.9) | 15.2 (59.4) | 15.3 (59.5) | 13.8 (56.8) | 10.5 (50.9) | 8.1 (46.6) | 5.9 (42.6) | 9.8 (49.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.2 (26.2) | −2.4 (27.7) | 0.2 (32.4) | 3.2 (37.8) | 6.3 (43.3) | 9.7 (49.5) | 10.9 (51.6) | 10.7 (51.3) | 9.0 (48.2) | 4.3 (39.7) | 0.9 (33.6) | −1.1 (30.0) | 4.0 (39.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.0 (17.6) | −7.0 (19.4) | −4.2 (24.4) | −1.0 (30.2) | 2.4 (36.3) | 6.5 (43.7) | 8.4 (47.1) | 8.1 (46.6) | 5.9 (42.6) | −0.2 (31.6) | −4.1 (24.6) | −6.1 (21.0) | 0.1 (32.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.1 (−2.4) | −17.8 (0.0) | −14.3 (6.3) | −12.0 (10.4) | −5.3 (22.5) | −1.3 (29.7) | 3.9 (39.0) | 3.0 (37.4) | −2.2 (28.0) | −8.6 (16.5) | −11.6 (11.1) | −18.2 (−0.8) | −19.1 (−2.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 48.3 (1.90) | 64.9 (2.56) | 65.6 (2.58) | 49.1 (1.93) | 39.1 (1.54) | 54.2 (2.13) | 80.9 (3.19) | 74.4 (2.93) | 72.9 (2.87) | 38.2 (1.50) | 10.6 (0.42) | 14.9 (0.59) | 613.1 (24.14) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.4 | 10.5 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 14.8 | 16.5 | 24.8 | 24.5 | 17.4 | 6.2 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 157.2 |
| Average snowy days | 8.4 | 12.5 | 17.3 | 13.0 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 64.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 47 | 54 | 62 | 68 | 73 | 79 | 83 | 83 | 81 | 69 | 52 | 40 | 66 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 194.3 | 177.3 | 206.0 | 220.8 | 264.8 | 241.6 | 192.9 | 185.9 | 190.5 | 221.6 | 212.0 | 206.1 | 2,513.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 59 | 56 | 55 | 57 | 63 | 58 | 46 | 46 | 52 | 63 | 66 | 64 | 57 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||

## Transport

* China National Highway 318

## Gallery

* Nyalam County
* Map including Nyalam County area (DMA, 1981)
* Zhangmu
* Zhangmu to Lalung La
* Lalung La
* Lalung La