Zayü County

Zayü County, or Chayu County, is a county of the Nyingtri Prefecture in the southeast of the Tibet Autonomous Region, bordering India and Burma to the south and Yunnan province to the southeast.

Chinese claims include parts of Arunachal Pradesh, south of the McMahon Line, what was casus belli for the 1962 Sino-Indian War.

Geography and climate

Besides India, Burma, and Yunnan, Zayü borders Zogang County to the north and Mêdog County to the southwest. It has an area of 31,305 square kilometres (12,087 sq mi), and is located in an area of highly varying topography, including deep canyons such as that of the Nu River. Elevations generally decrease from northwest to southeast, with a maximal variation of 3,600 metres (11,800 ft): in the county, areas near the southern border have an elevation of 1,400 metres (4,600 ft), while there are 10 peaks over 5,000 metres (16,000 ft), the highest being Kawagarbo in the Meili Xue Shan at 6,740 metres (22,110 ft). The county has an average elevation of 2,300 metres (7,500 ft).

Zayü (village)

Zayu is a village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

See also