Gyantse County
Gyantse County officially Gyangzê County is a county of Xigazê in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Its main settlement is Gyantse Town known for its monasteries.
- Type: City with 22,400 residents
- Description: county in Shigatse, Tibet, China
- Also known as: “Chiang-tzu Hsien”, “Gyangze”, “Gyangzê County”, “Gyantsé”, “Gyantse (arrondissement)”, “Gyeltse”, “Jiangze Xian”, “Jiangzi”, “Jiangzi County”, “jiangzi xian”, “ko=장쯔현”, “རྒྱལ་རྩེ”, and “江孜县 རྒྱལ་རྩེ།”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Palcho Monastery and Gyantse Fortress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gyantse.
Gyantse County
- Categories: county of China and locality
- Location: Xigaze, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
28.9152° or 28° 54′ 55″ north
Longitude
89.6037° or 89° 36′ 13″ east
Population
22,400
Elevation
4,502 metres (14,770 feet)
Open location code
7MWFWJ83+3F
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Gyantse County” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Գյանգձե”
- Cebuano: “Jiangzi Xian”
- Chinese: “Jiāngzī Xiàn”
- Chinese: “江孜”
- Chinese: “江孜县”
- Dutch: “Gyantse”
- French: “Gyantsé”
- French: “xian de Gyangzê”
- French: “Xian de Gyangzê”
- Gan Chinese: “江孜县”
- German: “Gyangzê”
- Italian: “Contea di Gyantse”
- Japanese: “ギャンツェ県”
- Korean: “걍체현”
- Korean: “장쯔현”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Gyantse Koān”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Gyantse-koān”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gyangzē”
- Norwegian: “Gyangzē”
- Persian: “شهرستان گیانتسه”
- Polish: “Gyangzê”
- Russian: “Гьянгдзе”
- Spanish: “Condado de Gyantse”
- Swedish: “Gyantse, Shigatse”
- Swedish: “Gyantse”
- Swedish: “Gyantsé”
- Tibetan: “Gyangzê Xian”
- Tibetan: “Gyangzê”
- Tibetan: “རྒྱལ་རྩེ་རྫོང་།”
- Ukrainian: “ґ’янґдзе”
- Ukrainian: “Г’янгцзе”
- Urdu: “گئانتسی کاؤنٹی”
- Vietnamese: “Gyangzê”
- Welsh: “Sir Gyangzê”
- Wu Chinese: “江孜县”
- Yue Chinese: “江孜”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Zongdün and Lazêg.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: 江孜县人民政府 and Guru Lakang.
Xigaze: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Shigatse and Gyantse.
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