It is bordered on the south by the main range of the Himalayas, including Mount Everest (Tib.

The present county administration is located at Shelkar, about 87 km (54 mi) east of Tingri (town).

[3] Tingri is one of the four counties (the other three being Dinjie, Nyalam, and Kyirong) that comprise the Qomolangma National Nature Preserve,[4] a protected area spanning 3.381 million hectares.

[6] On 7 January 2025 at 09:05 CST (UTC+8), an earthquake measuring Mw 7.1 or Ms 6.8 struck Tingri County.

Tingri County's climate has large temperature differences between day and night, a high amount of sunshine hours, and little annual precipitation.