Yushu

Gyêgu Subdistrict, formerly a part of the Gyêgu or Jiegu town is a township-level division in , , , . The name Gyêgu is still a common name for the Yushu city proper, which include Gyêgu subdistrict and three other subdistricts evolved from the former Gyêgu town.
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  • Type: Locality with 141,000 residents
  • Description: subdistrict in Yushu, Qinghai China
  • Also known as: Chieh-ku”, “Chieh-ku-chen”, “Chieh-ku-shih”, “Chieh-ku-to”, “Dzhekundo”, “Gyegu”, “Gyêgu”, “Gyêgu Subdistrict”, “Jekundo”, “Jiegu”, “Kai-ku-to”, “Yargündo”, “Yü-shu-hsien”, and “玉树市

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gyêgu Monastery.

Buddhist temple
is a Buddhist temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yushu.

, also Romanized as Yüxü, is a county-level city of in Southern , China. It comprises a surface area of 13,462 square kilometres.

Yushu

Latitude
33.0012° or 33° 0′ 4″ north
Longitude
97.0089° or 97° 0′ 32″ east
Population
141,000
Elevation
3,688 metres (12,100 feet)
Open location code
8M5V2225+FH
Geo­Names ID
1281105
Wiki­data ID
Q1558594
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Yushu” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: 結古
  • Chinese: 結古多
  • Chinese: 结古
  • Chinese: 结古多
  • Chinese: 结古街道
  • Chinese: 结古镇
  • Dutch: Gyegu
  • Dutch: Gyêgu
  • Dutch: Jyekundo
  • Dutch: Kyegu Do
  • French: Gyêgu
  • French: Jyekundo
  • Gan Chinese: 结古街道
  • German: Gyegu Zhen
  • German: Gyêgu Zhen
  • German: Gyegu
  • German: Gyêgu
  • German: Jiegu Zhen
  • German: Jyekundo
  • German: Kyego Do
  • Hebrew: ג’יה-גו
  • Japanese: 結古鎮
  • Malagasy: Gyêgu
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kyegundo
  • Persian: گیگو
  • Russian: Гьегу
  • Russian: Цзегу
  • Swedish: Gyegu
  • Swedish: Gyêgu
  • Swedish: Jiegu
  • Swedish: Jyekundo
  • Swedish: Kyego
  • Swedish: Kyegudo
  • Swedish: Kyegundo
  • Swedish: Kyigudo
  • Tibetan: སྐྱེ་རྒུ་སྲང་ལམ།
  • Ukrainian: Г’єгу
  • Wu Chinese: 结古街道

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