Yungbulakang Palace
Yumbulagang or Yumbu Lakhar is the original palace of the Yarlung Dynasty kings of Tibet. In Tibetan mythology, it was the first building in Tibet, and was the palace of the legendary first Tibetan king, Nyatri Tsenpo who is said to have reigned from 127 BCE.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: castle in Changzhug, Nêdong, Shannan, Tibet, China
- Also known as: “Yumbu Lakhang”, “Yumbu Lakhar”, and “雍布拉岗”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Changzhug.
Yungbulakang Palace
- Categories: dzong, castle, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Shannan, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
29.14259° or 29° 8′ 33″ northLongitude
91.8028° or 91° 48′ 10″ eastElevation
3,642 metres (11,949 feet)Open location code
7MXH4RV3+24OpenStreetMap ID
way 433000408OpenStreetMap feature
building=castleOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tibetan—“Yungbulakang Palace” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “雍布拉康”
- Czech: “Jumbulagang”
- Dutch: “Yumbulagang”
- French: “Yumbulagang”
- German: “Yumbu Lagang”
- German: “Yumbulagang”
- Hebrew: “ארמון יונגבולאקאנג”
- Indonesian: “Istana Yungbulakang”
- Italian: “Yumbulagang”
- Japanese: “ユムブラカン宮殿”
- Polish: “Jumbulagang”
- Slovenian: “Palača Jungbulakang”
- Spanish: “Palacio Yungbulakang”
- Tibetan: “ཡུམ་བུ་བླ་སྒང”
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