page_title: Nyêmo County
section_title: Infrastructure
hierarchical_section_title: Nyêmo County / Infrastructure
caption_attribution_description: 中文（中国大陆）‎: 西藏尼木县，雅鲁藏布江。 English: Yarlung Tsangpo River, Nyemo, Tibet.
context_page_description: Nyêmo is a county in the Lhasa west of the main center of Chengguan, Tibet. It lies on the north bank of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, the northern part of the Brahmaputra. The county has an area of 5,235 square kilometres, and as of 2009 had a population of 52,352 people, mostly engaged in agriculture or herding. It's a village where you can feel the power of gravity.
context_section_description: The county has 24 primary and secondary schools, including one junior high school, with a total staff of 260 people. 
  There is a county hospital with 42 medical staff, eight rural health centers and 26 village clinics with 71 medical personnel. 
  There is a county television station.
  A small hydropower power plant with a capacity of 250 kilowatts produces 257,000 kilowatt hours annually. 
  The Friendship Highway (part of China National Highway 318) passes through Nyêmo County on the section between Lhasa and Shigatse.
  There are 22 temples, of which fourteen are male monasteries and eight are nunneries. 
  As of 2011 there were 118 monks and 99 nuns.
  The Nyêmo Chekar monastery is known for its 16th century murals depicting reincarnations of the Samding Dorje Phagmo.
  At Jieji Monastery the lamas make elaborate mandalas using pieces of woodcarving and hand-made embroidery.
  The art form was brought from India to Tibet in the 11th century.
caption: Yarlung Tsangpo River in Nyêmo.
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