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Damxung

Damxung is a locality in , and has about 47,900 residents and an elevation of 4,286 metres. Damxung is situated nearby to the town , as well as near .
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Railway station
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The Qinghai–Tibet railway or Qingzang railway, is a high-elevation railway line in between , , and , . With over 960 km of track being more than 4,000 m above sea level, it is the highest railway line in the world.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dangquka and Gongtang Township.

Town
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, or Damquka is a small modern town of low-barrack like buildings and is the administrative centre of , roughly two and a half hours by road northeast of , the capital of the .

Town
Gongtang is a township in in the Lhasa Prefecture of , . Established in 1960, in 1970 it became a township. It has a population of around 4800 and contains four village committees.

Damxung

Latitude
30.47797° or 30° 28′ 41″ north
Longitude
91.1055° or 91° 6′ 20″ east
Population
47,900
Elevation
4,286 metres (14,062 feet)
Open location code
8M2HF4H4+56
Geo­Names ID
1281426
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Tibetan—“Damxung” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “当曲卡”
  • Tibetan: “འདམ་ཆུ་ཁ”

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