Hongxing

Hongxing is a town in , , , . In 2010, Hongxing had a total population of 6,592: 3,531 males and 2,061 females: 1,792 aged under 14, 4,379 aged between 15 and 65 and 421 aged over 65.
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  • Type: Town
  • Description: town in Zoigê county, Ngawa, Sichuan, China
  • Also known as: Hongxing Town”, “Hongxing, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture”, “Xagdom”, “Xagdomba”, and “ཧུང་ཞིན་

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Langmusi.

Town is a small alpine town on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, nestled in a valley shared between and provinces in and straddled by two large monastery complexes.

Hongxing

Latitude
34.10132° or 34° 6′ 5″ north
Longitude
102.73541° or 102° 44′ 8″ east
Elevation
3,179 metres (10,430 feet)
Open location code
8P644P2P+G5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4034317267
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1790829
Wiki­data ID
Q14071616
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Hongxing” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: hóngxīng xiāng
  • Chinese: 红星
  • Chinese: 红星乡
  • Chinese: 红星镇
  • French: bourg de Hongxing
  • French: Bourg de Hongxing
  • Gan Chinese: 红星乡
  • German: Hongxing
  • Tibetan: བཞག་སྡོམ་གྲོང་རྡལ།
  • Wu Chinese: 红星乡

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