Nakchu

Nakchu takes its name from the Black River, a tributary of the upper Salween on the northern Tibetan plateau. The surrounding country combines high grasslands with streams and mountain valleys. Tibetan herders of this region were known as Changpa, or people of the north. From the seventeenth century the wider highland country came under the influence of the Khoshut Mongols, whose forces were stationed near Namtso.