Tingri County

earthquake in Xizang, China and Nepal

two staging areas for mountaineering activities on Mount Everest, in Nepal and Tibet

county in Shigatse, Tibet, China

town in Tingri, Shigatse, Tibet, China

thumb|281x281px|Shekar Dzong in 1921 from Charles Howard-Bury|C. K. Howard-Bury, Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 (1 ed.). New York, Longman & Green, page 67 thumb|280x280px|1933 Shekar Dzong (fortress) and Shekar monastery painted by Russian artist Nicholas Roerich; destroyed by Chinese Communist forces during the [[1959 Tibetan uprising]] Shelkar or Shekar (Tibetan: , "white crystal"; ), also called New Tingri, is a town in, and the administrative centre for, Tingri County, Shigatse in southern Tibet Autonomous Region. The town has a population of 9,528, per the 2010 Chinese census.

township in Tingri, Shigatse, Tibet, China

township in Tingri, Shigatse, Tibet, China