Zhanang County

Zhanang County or Dranang is a county of in the , China. The capital town of county is Dratang town, with a monastery named Dratang.
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  • Type: City with 9,000 residents
  • Description: county in Shannan, Tibet, China
  • Also known as: Cha-lang”, “Cha-nang”, “Cha-nang Hsien”, “Chanang”, “Chatang”, “Dranang”, “Tranang”, “Zhanang”, “zhanang xian”, “Zhatang”, and “扎塘

Places of Interest

Highlights include Zatang Monastery.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
, is a historic Tibetan Buddhist monastery located in Zhanang County, , , China. Founded in the mid-15th century by the Kagyu schoolmaster Dondrup Rinchen, the temple has long been an important center of religious and cultural activity in the region.

Zhanang County

Latitude
29.2479° or 29° 14′ 53″ north
Longitude
91.336° or 91° 20′ 10″ east
Population
9,000
Elevation
3,560 metres (11,680 feet)
Open location code
7MXH68XP+5C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3087788007
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1279488
Wiki­data ID
Q197143
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Zhanang County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Zhanang Xian
  • Chinese: Zhanang Koān
  • Chinese: Zhānáng Xiàn
  • Chinese: 扎囊
  • Chinese: 扎囊县
  • Chinese: 札囊
  • Chinese: 札囊县
  • Chinese: 紮囊
  • Dutch: Dranang
  • French: xian de Zhanang
  • French: Xian de Zhanang
  • French: Zhanang
  • Gan Chinese: 扎囊县
  • German: Zhanang
  • Hindi: झनंग ज़िला
  • Hindi: द्रनंग ज़िला
  • Italian: Contea di Zhanang
  • Japanese: ダナン県
  • Kazakh: Джананг
  • Korean: 자낭현
  • Korean: 차낭현
  • Min Nan Chinese: Zhanang-koān
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Zhanang
  • Norwegian: Zhanang
  • Persian: شهرستان ژانانگ
  • Polish: Zhanang
  • Russian: Джананг
  • Spanish: Zhanang
  • Swedish: Dhranang
  • Tibetan: Chanang Xian
  • Tibetan: Chanang
  • Tibetan: གྲ་ནང་རྫོང་།
  • Tibetan: གྲ་ནང་རྫོང་
  • Tibetan: གྲ་ནང་རྫོང
  • Tibetan: གྲ་ནང
  • Tibetan: གྲྭ་ནངས
  • Urdu: ژانانگ کاؤنٹی
  • Vietnamese: Chanang
  • Wu Chinese: 扎囊县
  • Yue Chinese: 紮囊

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Jampaling Monastery and Zhanang.

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