Raka
Raka is a village in Saga Town in Saga County in the Shigatse Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies along the G219 road near the junction with the northern heading S206 road on the road to Qierexiang, roughly 50 kilometres east of Saga.- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in China
- Also known as: “Jan-ka”, “La-ka”, “Raga”, “Raga-tasam”, “Raga-tazam”, “Raka, Tibet”, “Ranga”, “Rega”, “Têbochainag”, and “然嘎”
Raka
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Xigaze, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
29.41848° or 29° 25′ 7″ north
Longitude
85.80166° or 85° 48′ 6″ east
Elevation
4,907 metres (16,099 feet)
Open location code
7MX7CR92+9M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tibetan—“Raka” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “热嘎”
- Chinese: “然嘎村”
- Dutch: “Raka, Tibet”
- Malay: “Raka, Tibet”
- Persian: “راکا، تبت”
- Persian: “راکا”
- Spanish: “Raka (Tíbet)”
- Spanish: “Raka”
- Tibetan: “Raka”
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