Xiachayu

Xiazayü is a town of Zayü County, in southeastern , People's Republic of China, located in a deep river valley 47 km from the county seat and bordering India's , which is claimed by the PRC, to the southwest, as well as Burma to the southeast.
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  • Type: Town
  • Description: town in Zayu County, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
  • Also known as: Chitong”, “Dongchong”, “Dzayül Rongmé”, “Jidong”, “Lower Dzayul Town”, “Lower Zayü”, “Xia Chayu”, “Xia Zayul town”, “Xiachayu Town”, “Xiazayu”, “Xiazayü”, “Zayul Rongme”, “Zayürongmai”, and “京都村

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rima.

Village
is the former capital of the Zayul in the southeastern of China. It is on the border with India's at the confluence of the Rongto Chu and Zayul Chu rivers, which join to form the Zayul River before it flows into Arunachal Pradesh. is situated 8 km southeast of Xiachayu.

Xiachayu

Latitude
28.50314° or 28° 30′ 11″ north
Longitude
97.01654° or 97° 0′ 60″ east
Elevation
2,901 metres (9,518 feet)
Open location code
7MWVG238+7J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3817605261
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1279719
Wiki­data ID
Q8044337
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Xiachayu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كزيزيو
  • Asturian: Xiazayü Xian
  • Chinese: xiàcháyú zhèn
  • Chinese: 下察隅
  • Chinese: 下察隅镇
  • Chinese: 洞冲
  • Gan Chinese: 下察隅镇
  • German: Zayürongmai
  • Malay: XiaZayü
  • Persian: شیازایو
  • Russian: Дзаюронгмэ
  • Tibetan: Xia Zayü
  • Tibetan: རྫ་ཡུལ་རོང་སྨད་གྲོང་རྡལ།
  • Tibetan: རྫ་ཡུལ་རོང་སྨད།
  • Wu Chinese: 下察隅镇

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