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Kyunglung

Kyunglung is a village located within . Known as the "Silver Palace of Garuda Valley", Kyunglung Ngüka is situated southwest of . It is associated with palaces found in the upper Valley, which were once part of the capital city of the ancient Zhangzhung kingdom.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Tibet, capital city of the ancient kingdom of Zhangzhung.
  • Also known as: “Khyunglung”, “Qulong”, and “穹窿”

Kyunglung

Latitude
31.07137° or 31° 4′ 17″ north
Longitude
80.55862° or 80° 33′ 31″ east
Elevation
4,244 metres (13,924 feet)
Open location code
8M323HC5+GC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 991535267
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
1280783
Wiki­data ID
Q6452735
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Tibetan—“Kyunglung” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “曲龍”
  • Chinese: “曲龙”
  • Chinese: “穹隆银城”
  • Dutch: “Kyunglung”
  • Irish: “Kyunglung”
  • Japanese: “キュンルン”
  • Malay: “Kyunglung”
  • Tibetan: “Kyunglung”
  • Tibetan: “ཞང་ཞུང་རྒྱལ་རབས་ཀྱི་བང་སོ།”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Khyunglung Monastery and Khyunglung Ngüka.

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