Biru County
Biru ( Tib: ' bri ru rdzong, Tibetan: འབྲི་རུ་རྫོང, also: Driru ) is a county of the district of Nagqu in Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. It has an area of 11,680 km ². In 1990 Biru had 36,478 inhabitants, of whom 36 347 were Tibetans; 2003, the population had grown to about 50,000 inhabitants.
Administrative Divisions
At the community level, the circuit is composed of two large municipalities and eight municipalities. These are (official spelling / Chinese):
- Greater community Biru比如 镇
- Greater community Xagqu夏 曲 镇
- Community Lainqu良 曲 乡
- Community Caqu茶 曲 乡
- Community Xamqu香 曲 乡
- Community Yamqu羊 曲 乡
- Community Qagzê恰 则 乡
- Community Dagtang达 塘乡
- Community Zala扎拉 乡
- Community Paingar白 嘎 乡
Ethnic structure of the population Birus (2000)
At the census in the year 2000 45.222 inhabitants were counted in Biru.