Gyatsa County is located in the southeast part of Tibet Autonomous Region and the lower reaches of Yarlung Zangbo River. It is border on Langxan County of Nyingchi Prefecture in the east, and adjoins Longtse County in the south. Besides, it is also border on Sangri County and Qyusong County in the west, and adjoins the Kongpu Gyangda County in Tibet in the north.
Gyatsa County in Tibet is about 3200 meters high. With the comfortable climate and vast wild grassland scenery, it is good for tourists to travel here. During Tibet tour, you may pass many counties and unknown scenic spots on the way, some places such as Gyatsa County, Qushui County, Gyantse and Tingri County, etc, are also worthy to visit.
Gyatsa County is one of the counties of Shannan Prefecture. It is located in the southern Tibet region. Gyatsa County is about 102.2 kilometers long from the south to the north, and about 88.2 kilometers long from the east to the west. It covers an area of 4492 square kilometers in total.
In Tibetan language, Gyatsa literally means "the salt of Han people". During Tubo Dynasty, Gyatsa was very popular and prosperous in Tibet. Many people gathered here for business and famous activities.
The National Defense Highway is available throughout Gyatsa County in Tibet. It is approximately 160 kilometers away from Tsedang - the center of Shannan Prefecture along the National Defense Highway, and about 350 kilometers away from Lhasa City. To the east Gyatsa County in Tibet is about 70 kilometers away from Langxan County.
The history of Gyatsa County in Tibet could be date back to the primitive society, thousands of years ago. It is said that when Princess Wencheng came into Tibet region via Gyatsa County, she put a piece of salt into a hole. Afterwards the brine flowed out of the hole. Since then on, Gyatsa County was named to represent the salt of Han people.
Gyatsa County in Tibet is situated in the valley area of the middle reaches of Yarlung Zangbo River. It is embosomed in the high mountains and hills. The terrain of Gyatsa County is higher in the west, but lower in the east. The average elevation is about 3200 meters high. Nyela Shangpa Mountain is 6700 meters high and it is the highest mountain in Gyatsa County in Tibet. There are 265 rivers in Gyatsa County, and Yarlung Zangbo River is the major river flowing through the whole county.
Gyatsa County is characteristic of temperature semi-arid monsoon climate with abundant sunshine and strong solar radiation. In spring and autumn, the climate is a little arid with strong wind. The mean annual temperature is 8.9?.
The major grains in Gyatsa County are highland barley, wheat, pea, buckwheat, butter tea, and edible vegetable oil. They only eat beef, mutton, lard oil, and milchigs.
People in Gyatsa County do not eat dog, cat, donkey, hinny, duck, frog, snake, marine animals, and the Birds except the chicken.
The local products in Gyatsa County in Tibet are Gyatsa walnut, Gyatsa pepper, Gyatsa Cordyceps sinensis, and Gyatsa apples.
There are full of natural sceneries and monastery sceneries in Gyatsa County in Tibet, such as Lamulatso, Bhutanla Mountain, Qyonguogye Monastery, the waterfall scenic spot, the old walnut tree and virgin forest, etc.