Xainza (also Naktsang,[1] Xainza Town or Shantsa) is a town and township-level administrative unit and seat of Shentsa County or Xainza County, Nagqu Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

It covers an area of 2146 square kilometres and in 2004 had a total population of about 17,000.

[2] The township was established by the Chinese in 1961.

[3] The main occupation is animal husbandry, mainly yak, goat and sheep rearing.

[3] The township-level division contains the following settlements:[2]