Rutog Town
The Rutog Town, called Rituzhen in Chinese, is a town and the seat of Rutog County in the far western Tibet Autonomous Region. It is also a major military base for China near the disputed border with India allowing it to press its claims militarily.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town
- Description: town in Rutog County, Ngari, Tibet, China
- Also known as: “Gyelgosang”, “Jih-t’u”, “Jih-t’u-tsung”, “Lo-to-k’o”, “Lo-to-k’o-tsung”, “Ritu zhen”, “Rudog”, “Rudok”, “Ruthog”, and “Rutog”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dêrub and Rutog Dzong.
Dêrub
Village
The Rutog Town, called Rituzhen in Chinese, is a town and the seat of Rutog County in the far western Tibet Autonomous Region. It is also a major military base for China near the disputed border with India allowing it to press its claims militarily. Dêrub is situated 3½ km west of Rutog Town.
Rutog Dzong
Village
Photo: Dominique Roux, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rudok, also spelt Rutok and Rutog, more properly Rudok Dzong, is a town that served as the historical capital of the Rudok area in Western Tibet on the frontier with Ladakh. Rutog Dzong is situated 9 km northwest of Rutog Town.
Rutog Town
- Categories: town of China and locality
- Location: Ngari, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
33.37983° or 33° 22′ 47″ northLongitude
79.73044° or 79° 43′ 50″ eastElevation
4,253 metres (13,953 feet)Open location code
8J5X9PHJ+W5OpenStreetMap ID
node 3017809549OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Wu Chinese—“Rutog Town” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Rutog Town”
- Chinese: “rìtǔ zhèn”
- Chinese: “日土”
- Chinese: “日土镇”
- French: “bourg de Rudok”
- French: “Bourg de Rudok”
- French: “bourg de Rutog”
- French: “Ritu zhen”
- French: “Ritu”
- French: “Rudok”
- French: “Ruthog”
- French: “Rutog”
- Gan Chinese: “日土镇”
- Japanese: “ルトク”
- Japanese: “ルトク県”
- Lithuanian: “Rutogas”
- Malay: “Bandar Rutog”
- Persian: “شهر روتوگ”
- Persian: “شهر ریتوگ”
- Russian: “Рутог”
- Spanish: “Ritu zhen”
- Spanish: “Rudok”
- Spanish: “Ruthog”
- Spanish: “Rutog”
- Tibetan: “Rutog”
- Tibetan: “རུ་ཐོག་གྲོང་རྡལ།”
- Ukrainian: “Рутог”
- Vietnamese: “Rutog”
- Wu Chinese: “日土镇”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rutog Town”. Photo: Global Photographer, CC BY-SA 3.0.