Sa’gya County

Sa'gya County is a county under the prefecture-level city of in the , China. The county is named after , home of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism.
  • Type: City with 8,500 residents
  • Description: county in the Tibet Autonomous Region (China)
  • Also known as: ko=싸자현”, “Sa-chia Hsien”, “Sa’gya”, “Sa’gya Xian”, “Sajia”, “Sajia County”, and “sajia xian

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sakya.

Photo: Moszczynski, Public domain.
Monastery, also known as Pel , is a Buddhist monastery situated in Sa'gya Town, Sa'gya County, about 127 kilometres west of in the , China. The monastery is considered the seat of the school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Sa’gya County

Latitude
28.9024° or 28° 54′ 9″ north
Longitude
88.0191° or 88° 1′ 9″ east
Population
8,500
Elevation
5,487 metres (18,002 feet)
Open location code
7MWCW229+XM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244081705
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1280108
Wiki­data ID
Q1364635
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Sa’gya County” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Սակյա
  • Cebuano: Sajia Xian
  • Chinese: Sa’gya Koān
  • Chinese: Sàjiā Xiàn
  • Chinese: 萨迦
  • Chinese: 萨迦县
  • Chinese: 薩迦
  • Chinese: 薩迦縣
  • Dutch: Arrondissement Sa’gya
  • Dutch: Arrondissement Sakya
  • Dutch: Sa’gya Xian
  • Dutch: Sa’gya Xián
  • Dutch: Sajia Xian
  • Dutch: Sàjiā Xiàn
  • Dutch: Sakya (arrondissement)
  • Dutch: Sakya Dzong
  • Dutch: Sakya Xian
  • Dutch: Sakya Xiàn
  • Dutch: Sakya
  • French: Comte de Sa’gya
  • French: Comté de sa’gya
  • French: Sa’gya
  • French: Sajia
  • French: xian de Sa’gya
  • French: Xian de Sa’gya
  • Gan Chinese: 萨迦县
  • German: Kreis Sa’gya
  • German: Sa’gya
  • German: Sagya
  • German: Sàjiā Xiàn
  • German: Sajia
  • German: Sakya Dzong
  • German: Sakya
  • Italian: Contea di Sa’gya
  • Japanese: サキャ県
  • Japanese: 薩迦県
  • Korean: 싸갸현
  • Korean: 싸자현
  • Min Nan Chinese: Sa’gya-koān
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sa’gya
  • Norwegian: Sa’gya
  • Persian: شهرستان ساگیا
  • Polish: Sa’gya
  • Russian: Сакья
  • Spanish: Sa’gya
  • Spanish: Sagya
  • Swedish: Sakya, Shigatse
  • Swedish: Sakya
  • Tibetan: Sa’gya Xian
  • Tibetan: Sa’gya
  • Tibetan: ས་སྐྱ་རྫོང་།
  • Tibetan: ས་སྐྱ་རྫོང་
  • Ukrainian: Саг’я
  • Urdu: ساگیا کاؤنٹی
  • Vietnamese: Sa’gya
  • Vietnamese: Sagya
  • Vietnamese: Tát Già
  • Wu Chinese: 萨迦县
  • Yue Chinese: 薩迦

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