Shelkar
Shelkar
ཤེལ་དཀར་ New Tingri / Shegar / Shekar | |
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Town | |
| Xêgar 协格尔 | |
View of Shelkar in 2014 | |
| Coordinates: 28°39′30″N 87°07′20″E / 28.65833°N 87.12222°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Tibet Autonomous Region |
| Prefecture | Shigatse Prefecture |
| County | Tingri County |
| Elevation | 4,330 m (14,210 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 9,528 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
Shelkar or Shekar (Tibetan: ཤེལ་དཀར་, "white crystal"; simplified Chinese: 协格尔镇; traditional Chinese: 協格爾鎮; pinyin: Xiégé'ěr Zhèn), 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.