Nêdong District
| Nêdong 乃东区 • སྣེ་གདོང་ཆུས། | |
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.png) Location of Nêdong within Tibet | |
  Nêdong Location in Tibet | |
| Coordinates: 29°13′12″N 91°46′48″E / 29.22000°N 91.78000°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Tibet |
| Prefecture-level city | Shannnan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,184.98 km2 (843.63 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 58,808 |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+08:00) |
Nêdong District (Tibetan: སྣེ་གདོང་ཆུས།, Wylie: sne gdong chus ; Chinese: 乃东区; pinyin: Nǎidōng Qū) is a district of Shannan in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
Tradruk Temple, an important early Buddhist monastery dating to the reign of Songtsän Gampo, is located in the Yarlung Valley in Nêdong as is Yungbulakang Palace.
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Coordinates: 29°13′12″N 91°46′48″E / 29.22000°N 91.78000°E
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