SW China
Tibet
Nagqu

Biru Town

Biru is a town in and the seat of the , eastern , Western China. It lies at an altitude of around 3,900 metres. Biru is located on the Gyalmo Ngulchu River.
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  • Type: Town
  • Description: town in Biru County, Nagqu, Tibet, China
  • Also known as: “Biru”, “Biru Zhen”, and “Biruxiong”

Biru Town

Latitude
31.48121° or 31° 28′ 52″ north
Longitude
93.67772° or 93° 40′ 40″ east
Elevation
3,926 metres (12,881 feet)
Open location code
8M3MFMJH+F3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2683070587
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
7894306
Wiki­data ID
Q4917131
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Biru Town” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مدينة بيرو”
  • Asturian: “Biru Town”
  • Bengali: “বিরু টাউন”
  • Cebuano: “Biru (kapital sa gatos sa Republikang Popular sa Tsina, Tibet Autonomous Region, lat 31,48, long 93,68)”
  • Cebuano: “Biru”
  • Chinese: “比如”
  • Chinese: “比如镇”
  • Chinese: “比如雄”
  • Danish: “Biru”
  • Dutch: “Biru”
  • Finnish: “Biru Town”
  • French: “bourg de Biru”
  • French: “Bourg de Biru”
  • Gan Chinese: “比如镇”
  • Greek: “Μπίρου”
  • Gujarati: “બિરુ નગર”
  • Hindi: “बिरु टाउन”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Biru”
  • Italian: “Biru Town”
  • Japanese: “比如鎮”
  • Kannada: “ಬಿರು ಟೌನ್”
  • Korean: “비루 타운”
  • Latvian: “Biru-tauna”
  • Lithuanian: “Biru”
  • Malay: “Bandar Biru”
  • Marathi: “बिरु नगर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Biru By”
  • Persian: “شهر بیرو”
  • Polish: “Biru”
  • Russian: “Биру”
  • Sinhala: “බිරු ටවුම”
  • Swedish: “Biru (häradshuvudort i Kina, Tibet Autonomous Region, lat 31,48, long 93,68)”
  • Swedish: “Biru”
  • Tamil: “பிறு நகரம்”
  • Telugu: “బిరు పట్టణం”
  • Thai: “บิรู ทาวส์”
  • Tibetan: “Biru”
  • Tibetan: “འབྲི་རུ་གྲོང་རྡལ།”
  • Turkish: “Biru Town”
  • Ukrainian: “Біру-Таун”
  • Urdu: “بیرو ٹاؤن”
  • Vietnamese: “Bỉ Như Trấn”
  • Wu Chinese: “比如镇”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Biru Town”. Photo: Kunchok Kyab, CC BY-SA 4.0.