Kunggar

Kunggar or Maizhokunggar is a small town and the seat of in the Lhasa Prefecture in the of China. It is especially noted for its pottery, which non-corrodible, heat retaining and in an ethnic style.
Wikipedia
  • Town with about 49,500 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 3,820 metres (12,530 feet)
  • Description: town in Maizhokunggar, Lhasa, Tibet, China
  • Also known as
    “Gongka”
    “Gungkar”
    “Kung-k’a”
    “Kungga”
    “Maizhokunggar”
    “Meda Kongkar Dzong”
    “Medrogungkhar”
    “Medu Kongkar Dzong”
    “Medu Kongkar-dsong”
    “Medugonkar”
    “Metrokongkar”
    “Metu Kongkar Dzong”
    “Mo-chu-kung-ch’ia”
    “Mo-chu-kung-k’a”
    “Mòzhúgōngkă Xiàn”
  • Categories
    town of China
    locality
  • Location
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Latitude
29.84269° or 29° 50′ 34″ north
Longitude
91.73177° or 91° 43′ 54″ east
Open location code
7MXHRPVJ+3P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8069469358
Open­Street­Map feature
place = town
Geo­Names ID
1280797
Wiki­data ID
Q6444525

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Wu Chinese—“Kunggar” goes by many names.
KunggarAsturian
gōngkǎ zhènChinese
工卡Chinese
工卡镇Chinese
工卡镇Gan Chinese
KunggarGerman
KunggarMalay
کوگارPersian
གུང་དཀརTibetan
གུང་དཀར་ཆོས་འཁོར།Tibetan
КунггарUkrainian
KunggarWelsh
工卡镇Wu Chinese

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