Yungbulakang Palace
Yumbulagang or Yumbu Lakhar is the original palace of the Yarlung kings of Tibet. In the 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.
- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of around 3,640 metres (11,950 feet)
- Description: castle in Changzhug, Nêdong, Shannan, Tibet, China
- Also known as“Yumbu Lakhang”“Yumbu Lakhar”“ཡུམ་བུ་བླ་སྒང 雍布拉康”“雍布拉岗”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Changzhug.
Yungbulakang Palace
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Latitude
29.14259° or 29° 8′ 33″ north
Longitude
91.8028° or 91° 48′ 10″ east
Open location code
7MXH4RV3+24
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building = castle
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historic = castle
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tourism = attraction
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tibetan—“Yungbulakang Palace” goes by many names.
雍布拉康Chinese
JumbulagangCzech
YumbulagangDutch
ארמון יונגבולאקאנגHebrew
Istana YungbulakangIndonesian
YumbulagangItalian
ユムブラカン宮殿Japanese
JumbulagangPolish
Palača JungbulakangSlovenian
ཡུམ་བུ་བླ་སྒངTibetan
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