Gyangkar
Gyangkar is a village in Xigaze, Tibet and has an elevation of 4,027 metres. Gyangkar is situated nearby to the village 江嘎岗村, as well as near Zongdün.- Type: Village
- Description: village in China
- Also known as: “Gyangkhar” and “Jiangga”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gyantse Fortress and Palcho Monastery.
Gyantse Fortress
Photo: Göran Höglund (Kartläsarn), CC BY 2.0.
Gyantse Dzong or Gyantse Fortress is one of the best preserved dzongs in Tibet, perched high above the town of Gyantse on a huge spur of grey brown rock.
Palcho Monastery
Buddhist temple
Photo: Alberrosidus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Palcho Monastery or Pelkor Chode Monastery or Shekar Gyantse is the main monastery in the Nyangchu river valley in Gyantse, Gyantse County, Shigatse Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gyantse.
Gyantse
Photo: Banja-Frans Mulder, CC BY 3.0.
Gyantse, officially Gyangzê Town, is a town located in Gyantse County, Shigatse Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It was historically considered the third largest and most prominent town in Tibet, but there are now at least ten larger Tibetan cities.
Gyangkar
- Categories: village of the People’s Republic of China and locality
- Location: Xigaze, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
28.91253° or 28° 54′ 45″ northLongitude
89.61214° or 89° 36′ 44″ eastElevation
4,027 metres (13,212 feet)Open location code
7MWFWJ76+2VOpenStreetMap ID
node 13685878664OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Gyangkar” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “江嘎”
- Chinese: “江嘎村”
- Gan Chinese: “江嘎村”
- Tibetan: “Gyangkar”
- Wu Chinese: “江嘎村”
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Localities in the Area
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