Zêtang also
Zedang or
Tsethang is the fourth largest city in Tibet and is located in the
Yarlung Valley, 183 km southeast of
Lhasa in
Nedong County of
Lhoka (Shannan) Prefecture,
Tibet Autonomous Region of
China. As capital of
Shannan Prefecture (Lhoka Prefecture), it "...exercises direct control over the affairs of 13 counties:
Gongkar, Tranang,
Nedong, Changye, Tso-me, Lhodrok, Nakartse, Zangri, Chutsum,
Lhuntse, Tsona, Gyatsa and
Nang."