Gyirong (Wyl. skyid grong) is a Tibetan place name also transliterated Kyirong or Gyrong. To Lhasa Newar trans-Himalayan traders it was Kerung (Nepali: केरुङ), thence Kirong, Kirang etc.
It may refer to:
- Gyirong County, county in Tibet near the border of Nepal
- Gyirong Town, a township in Tibet near the border of Nepal
- Kyirong language, a Tibetic language
- Zongga, the seat of Gyirong county, sometimes called Gyirong Town
- A pass north of Zongga used between Nepal and Lhasa before the Friendship Highway was built
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