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| name                            = Mainling
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| native_name                     = {{lower|0.1em|{{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|米林市}} • {{Bo-textonly|སྨན་གླིང་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།}}}}}}
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| image_skyline                   =  Namcha Barwa from the west.jpg
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| image_caption                   = Western slope of [[Namcha Barwa]], captured from Naibai Observation Deck, Mainling City
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| subdivision_type                = Country
| subdivision_name                = [[China]]
| subdivision_type1               = [[Autonomous regions of China|Autonomous region]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Tibet Autonomous Region|Tibet]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[Prefecture-level city]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Nyingchi]]
|seat_type                        = Municipal seat
|seat                             = [[Mainling Town|Mainling]]
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| area_total_km2                  = 9,490
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| population_as_of                = 2020
| population_footnotes            = <ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.linzhi.gov.cn/linzhi/zwgk/202106/67e8f571513a408486867cc69549903e.shtml  |title =林芝市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报  |publisher = Government of Nyingchi |language = zh   |date = 2021-06-17 }}</ref>  
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| population_total                = 26176
| population_density_km2          = auto
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| timezone                        = [[China Standard Time|China Standard]]
| utc_offset                      = +8
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{{Infobox Chinese
|c=米林市
  |p=Mǐlín Shì
|tib=སྨན་གླིང་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།
  |wylie=sman gling grong khyer|zwpy=Mainling Chongkyêr}}
'''Mainling''' ({{bo|t=སྨན་གླིང་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།}}; {{lang-zh|s=米林市|p=Mǐlín}}; ), formerly '''Mainling County''', is a [[county-level city]] under the jurisdiction of the [[prefecture-level city]] of [[Nyingchi]] in eastern [[Tibet Autonomous Region]], China.

==Geography==
Mainling is located in the central-west of the Nyingtri Prefecture, at the middle reaches of the [[Yarlung Tsangpo River]], and between the [[Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains]] and the [[Himalayan Mountains]]. It ''de jure'' covers an area of 9,490 square kilometres, including the area claimed but ''de facto'' under control of the [[Arunachal Pradesh]], India. The average [[altitude]] is 3,700 metres above sea level.

==Climate==

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|location = Mainling, elevation {{convert|2950|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
|Jan high C = 	8.1
|Feb high C = 	9.5
|Mar high C = 	12.3
|Apr high C = 	15.6
|May high C = 	18.4
|Jun high C = 	21.0
|Jul high C = 	22.3
|Aug high C = 	22.3
|Sep high C = 	20.5
|Oct high C = 	16.7
|Nov high C = 	13.4
|Dec high C = 	9.9
|Jan mean C = 	0.5
|Feb mean C = 	2.6
|Mar mean C = 	5.6
|Apr mean C = 	8.6
|May mean C = 	11.7
|Jun mean C = 	15.1
|Jul mean C = 	16.3
|Aug mean C = 	16.1
|Sep mean C = 	14.3
|Oct mean C = 	10.1
|Nov mean C = 	5.3
|Dec mean C = 	1.6
|Jan low C = 	-4.9
|Feb low C = 	-2.1
|Mar low C = 	1.1
|Apr low C = 	4.0
|May low C = 	7.3
|Jun low C = 	11.2
|Jul low C = 	12.5
|Aug low C = 	12.1
|Sep low C = 	10.5
|Oct low C = 	5.9
|Nov low C = 	-0.3
|Dec low C = 	-4.2
|Jan record high C = 19.1 |Jan record low C = -15.8
|Feb record high C = 19.4 |Feb record low C = -12.1
|Mar record high C = 22.3 |Mar record low C = -9.4
|Apr record high C = 24.1 |Apr record low C = -6.0
|May record high C = 25.8 |May record low C = -2.4
|Jun record high C = 27.9 |Jun record low C = 2.1
|Jul record high C = 29.7 |Jul record low C = 6.1
|Aug record high C = 27.8 |Aug record low C = 4.4
|Sep record high C = 27.9 |Sep record low C = 0.5
|Oct record high C = 24.6 |Oct record low C = -6.9
|Nov record high C = 19.1 |Nov record low C = -10.0
|Dec record high C = 16.7 |Dec record low C = -14.5
|year high C =  |year low C = 
|year high F =  |year low F =
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 	4.8
|Feb precipitation mm = 	10.9
|Mar precipitation mm = 	31.4
|Apr precipitation mm = 	57.0
|May precipitation mm = 	85.7
|Jun precipitation mm = 	121.0
|Jul precipitation mm = 	143.4
|Aug precipitation mm = 	116.4
|Sep precipitation mm = 	84.5
|Oct precipitation mm = 	39.1
|Nov precipitation mm = 	4.6
|Dec precipitation mm = 	2.6
|Jan humidity = 	60
|Feb humidity = 	63
|Mar humidity = 	66
|Apr humidity = 	69
|May humidity = 	71
|Jun humidity = 	75
|Jul humidity = 	77
|Aug humidity = 	75
|Sep humidity = 	76
|Oct humidity = 	70
|Nov humidity = 	62
|Dec humidity = 	60
|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm	
|Jan precipitation days = 	4.8
|Feb precipitation days = 	8.3
|Mar precipitation days = 	14.8
|Apr precipitation days = 	19.4
|May precipitation days = 	21.3
|Jun precipitation days = 	23.3
|Jul precipitation days = 	24.1
|Aug precipitation days = 	22.3
|Sep precipitation days = 	19.8
|Oct precipitation days = 	14.8
|Nov precipitation days = 	4.1
|Dec precipitation days = 	2.4
|year precipitation days = 	
|Jan sun = 	159.4
|Feb sun = 	126.8
|Mar sun = 	134.8
|Apr sun = 	133.5
|May sun = 	130.5
|Jun sun = 	104.4
|Jul sun = 	114.3
|Aug sun = 	124.9
|Sep sun = 	113.3
|Oct sun = 	138.9
|Nov sun = 	168.3
|Dec sun = 	178.8
|year sun = 	
| Jan percentsun = 	49
| Feb percentsun = 	40
| Mar percentsun = 	36
| Apr percentsun = 	34
| May percentsun = 	31
| Jun percentsun = 	25
| Jul percentsun = 	27
| Aug percentsun = 	31
| Sep percentsun = 	31
| Oct percentsun = 	40
| Nov percentsun = 	53
| Dec percentsun = 	56
| year percentsun =	
|Jan snow days = 	11.0
|Feb snow days = 	13.4
|Mar snow days = 	7.9
|Apr snow days = 	1.0
|May snow days = 	0
|Jun snow days = 	0
|Jul snow days = 	0
|Aug snow days = 	0
|Sep snow days = 	0
|Oct snow days = 	0.1
|Nov snow days = 	1.9
|Dec snow days = 	6.6
|year snow days = 	
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==Economy==
The mine resources of the city are [[gold|gold dust]], [[plaster]], [[limestone]], [[chromium]] and [[iron]], etc.

The main economy style in Mainling is [[farming]] and forest industry. The main species of the trees are [[fir]], [[spruce]], [[pine]], [[oak]], and cypress, etc. The total cumulation volume of woods is 40 million cubic metres. The special fruit productions are [[apple]]s, apple pears, [[walnut]]s and [[peach]]es.

[[Nyingchi Mainling Airport]] is located in Mainling.<ref name="f769">{{cite book | title=中国交通运输发展（1978～2018） | publisher=[[Social Sciences Academic Press]] | series=改革开放研究丛书 | year=2018 | isbn=978-7-5201-2864-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KRTFEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA2016-IA4 | language=zh | access-date=2025-02-20 | page=2016-IA4}}</ref>

==Demography==
<!--  Commented out because image was deleted: [[Image:Abies koreana (szyszki).JPG|thumb|left|200px|[[Fir]]]] -->
In 1999 the city had a population of 17347 inhabitants.<ref>National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period, ''in'' [http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/work/downloads/faqs/1999_pop_faq.html China County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS]</ref>

The city is home to the [[Lhoba]] people.<ref name="b253">{{cite book | title=珞巴妇女性别角色与社会地位变迁：以米林县南伊珞巴民族乡为例 | publisher=[[Social Sciences Academic Press]] | series=西藏历史与现状综合研究项目 | year=2015 | isbn=978-7-5097-7063-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=21V0EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA35 | language=zh | access-date=2025-02-20 | page=35}}</ref>

==Administrative divisions==
Mainling contains 3 [[Towns of China|towns]], 4 [[Townships of China|townships]], and 1 [[Ethnic townships, towns, and sums|ethnic township]].

{| class="wikitable"  style="font-size:90%;" align=center
! Name
! [[Standard Chinese|Chinese]]
! [[Hanyu Pinyin]]
! [[Standard Tibetan|Tibetan]]
! [[Wylie transliteration|Wylie]]
|----------
| colspan="5"  style="text-align:center; background:#d3d3d3;"|'''Towns'''
|----------
| [[Mainling Town]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|米林镇}}
| {{Transliteration|zh|Mǐlín zhèn}}
|{{bo-textonly|སྨན་གླིང་གྲོང་རྡལ།}}
|{{Transliteration|bo|sman gling grong rdal}}
|-
| [[Pé Town]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|派镇}}
| {{Transliteration|zh|Pài zhèn}}
|{{bo-textonly|ཕད་གྲོང་རྡལ།}}
|{{Transliteration|bo|phad grong rdal}}
|-
| [[Orong Town]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|卧龙镇}}
| {{Transliteration|zh|Wòlóng zhèn}}
|{{bo-textonly|ཨོ་རོང་གྲོང་རྡལ།}}
|{{Transliteration|bo|o rong grong rdal}}
|----------
| colspan="5"  style="text-align:center; background:#d3d3d3;"|'''Townships'''
|----------
| [[Tamnyen Township]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|丹娘乡}}
| {{Transliteration|zh|Dānniáng xiāng}} 
|{{bo-textonly|གཏམ་སྙན་ཤང་།}}
|{{Transliteration|bo|gtan snyan shang}}
|-
| [[Tashi Rabten Township]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|扎西绕登乡}}
| {{Transliteration|zh|Zhāxīràodēng xiāng}} 
|{{bo-textonly|བཀྲིས་རབ་བརྟན་ཤང་།}}
|{{Transliteration|bo|bkra shis rab brtan shang}}
|-
| [[Nelung Township]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|里龙乡}}
| {{Transliteration|zh|Lǐlóng xiāng}} 
|{{bo-textonly|གནས་ལུང་ཤང་།}}
|{{Transliteration|bo|gnas lung shang}}
|-
| [[Chanak Township]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|羌纳乡}}
| {{Transliteration|zh|Qiāngnà xiāng}} 
|{{bo-textonly|ཆ་ནག་ཤང་།}}
|{{Transliteration|bo|chu nag shang}}
|----------
| colspan="5"  style="text-align:center; background:#d3d3d3;"|'''Ethnic township'''
|----------
| [[Naiyü|Naiyü Lhoba Ethnic Township]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|南伊珞巴族乡}}
| {{Transliteration|zh|Nányī Luòbāzú xiāng}} 
|{{bo-textonly|གནས་ཡུལ་ལྷོ་པ་མི་རིགས་ཤང་།}}
|{{Transliteration|bo|gnas yul lho pa mi rigs shang}}
|-
| colspan="8" | <div style="position: relative" class=center>
<nowiki>*</nowiki> includes areas claimed but currently under control of the Indian state of [[Arunachal Pradesh]].
</div>
|}

===Villages===
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*[[Zhongsa Village (Danniang Township)]]

==References==
<references />

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120207054444/http://www.tibetinfor.com/tibetzt/linzhi/7_seven%20villeage/2.htm Tibetinfor.com]
*[https://archive.org/details/bdrc-W3PD198 Mainling County Annals]

{{County-level divisions of Tibet}}
{{Nyingchi Prefecture}}

[[Category:Counties of Tibet]]
[[Category:Nyingchi]]