abstract:sKyid-grong (Gyirong, Kyirong, Chinese: 吉隆县; Pinyin: Jílóng Xiàn) is a former district (rDzong) in the south-west of Tibet and is from 1960 onwards a county of the newly established Shigatse Prefecture of the newly established Tibet Autonomous Region. It is famous because of its mild climatically conditions and its abundant vegetation which is unusual for the Tibetan plateau.