Derge
Derge, officially Gengqing Town, is a town in Dêgê County in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan, China. It was once the center of the Kingdom of Derge in Kham.
- Town with about 88,500 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 4,510 metres (14,790 feet)
- Description: township in Dêgê, Garzê, Sichuan, China
- Also known as“Dege”“Dêgê Gönchen”“DêqꔓDerge Town”“GeiqꔓGengqing”“Gengqing Town”“Gengqing Zhen”“Genqing”“Genqing Town”“Goinqên”“Te-hua”“Te-ke”“Te-ko”“Te-ko-hsien”“Tehko”“Teko Kengching”“Tenko”“德格县”
Notable Buddhist Temples
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Derge Parkhang
The Dêrgê Barkang is the barkang associated to the Goinqên Monastery.
Gonchen Monastery
Gonchen Monastery, also known as Derge Monastery…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dêgê.
Derge
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Latitude
31.8176° or 31° 49′ 3″ north
Longitude
98.5811° or 98° 34′ 52″ east
Open location code
8M3WRH9J+2C
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OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Wu Chinese—“Derge” goes by many names.
Derge TownAsturian
Gēngqìng ZhènChinese
更庆Chinese
更庆镇Chinese
DergeDutch
Derge (plaats)Dutch
GoinqênDutch
更庆镇Gan Chinese
DêgêItalian
DergeItalian
DergeNorwegian
DergeNorwegian Bokmål
ГэнцинRussian
ДегеRussian
དགོན་ཆེནTibetan
དགོན་ཆེན་ཀྲེན།Tibetan
སྡེ་དགེ་Tibetan
ГонченUkrainian
Đức CáchVietnamese
更庆镇Wu Chinese
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