Longcang
Longcang is a town in Aba, Sichuan and has an elevation of 3,402 metres. Longcang is situated nearby to the village Tala, as well as near Niehuokong.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town
- Description: township in Ngawa county, Ngawa, Sichuan, China
- Also known as: “Loincang”, “Longcang Xiang”, and “Longzang Township”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kirti Gompa and Nangzhik Gompa.
Kirti Gompa
Buddhist temple
Photo: JialiangGao, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kirti Gompa, is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery founded in 1472 and located in Ngawa, Sichuan province, in China, but traditionally part of Amdo region. Numerous other associated Kirti monasteries and nunneries are located nearby. Kirti Gompa is situated 3 km south of Longcang.
Nangzhik Gompa
Buddhist temple
Photo: JialiangGao, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nangzhik Monastery, formerly known by several other names, is a monastery of the Bon religion in Amdo, modern Ngawa Town, Sichuan, China. It is about a 4 kilometres walk up a shortcut to reach the monastery on a hill to the north of the town. Nangzhik Gompa is situated 3 km east of Longcang.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aba.
Aba
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ngawa or Aba town is the seat of Ngawa County, within the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in northwestern Sichuan, China. It is located on the Tibetan plateau at an elevation of 3,200 metres.
Longcang
- Categories: township of China and locality
- Location: Aba, Sichuan, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
32.94258° or 32° 56′ 33″ northLongitude
101.69833° or 101° 41′ 54″ eastElevation
3,402 metres (11,161 feet)Open location code
8P43WMVX+28OpenStreetMap ID
node 3328551388OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Longcang” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “龙藏”
- Chinese: “龙藏乡”
- Gan Chinese: “龙藏乡”
- German: “Longcang”
- Tibetan: “བློན་ཚང་ཡུལ་ཚོ།”
- Wu Chinese: “龙藏乡”
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