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Zhaxar Township

Zhaxar, or Zhexia, is a township in Bainang County, in the Shigatse prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. At the time of the 2010 census, the township had a population of 1,906. As of 2019, it had 7 villages under its administration.

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Zhaxar
བཀྲ་ཤར་ · 者下乡
Zhexia
Zhaxar
Location in the Tibet Autonomous Region
Coordinates: 28°55′54″N 88°57′57″E / 28.9317°N 88.9659°E / 28.9317; 88.9659
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityShigatse
CountyBainang
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
1,906
 • Major Nationalities
Tibetan
 • Regional dialect
Tibetan language
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Zhaxar (Tibetan: བཀྲ་ཤར་), or Zhexia (Chinese: 者下乡; pinyin: Zhěxià Xiāng), is a township in Bainang County, in the Shigatse prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. At the time of the 2010 census, the township had a population of 1,906.1 As of 2019, it had 7 villages under its administration.2

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