Cawarong

Cawarong or Tsawarong is a township in Zayü County, of . It lies at an altitude of 2,003 metres. Formerly known as Tsarung, it was traditionally a southern gateway and trade route into Tibet from , forming part of the tea-horse road.
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  • Type: Town
  • Description: township in Zayu County, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
  • Also known as: Cawalong”, “Cawalung”, “Cawarong Xiang”, “Chawalong”, “Chawalong Xiang”, “Chawarong”, “Tsarung”, “Tsawarong”, and “Zana

Cawarong

Latitude
28.47913° or 28° 28′ 45″ north
Longitude
98.46376° or 98° 27′ 50″ east
Elevation
1,979 metres (6,493 feet)
Open location code
7MWWFFH7+MG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 264506056
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1281576
Wiki­data ID
Q5055213
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Cawarong” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: cháwǎlóng xiāng
  • Chinese: 察瓦龙
  • Chinese: 察瓦龙乡
  • Chinese: 扎那
  • Dutch: Cawarong
  • Gan Chinese: 察瓦龙乡
  • German: Cawarong
  • Malay: Cawarong
  • Russian: Цаваронг
  • Tibetan: Cawarong
  • Tibetan: ཚ་བ་རོང་ཤང་།
  • Tibetan: ཚ་བ་རོང
  • Wu Chinese: 察瓦龙乡

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