Risum
Risum is a town in Ngari, Tibet and has an elevation of 4,350 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town
- Description: township in Rutog County, Ngari, Tibet, China
- Also known as: “Risong”, “Rokjung”, and “Roksum”
Risum
- Categories: township of China and locality
- Location: Ngari, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
33.19692° or 33° 11′ 49″ northLongitude
79.82097° or 79° 49′ 16″ eastElevation
4,350 metres (14,272 feet)Open location code
8J5X5RWC+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
node 991805199OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Risum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “日松”
- Chinese: “日松乡”
- Dutch: “Risum”
- Gan Chinese: “日松乡”
- Malay: “Risum”
- Persian: “ریسوم”
- Tibetan: “Risum”
- Tibetan: “རི་གསུམ་ཤང་།”
- Urdu: “رو زونگ”
- Urdu: “روزونگ”
- Wu Chinese: “日松乡”
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