Changra
Changra is a town in Xigaze, Tibet and has an elevation of 4,024 metres. Changra is situated nearby to the village Jiangri’a, as well as near Bangyu.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gyantse Fortressalt_name and Palcho Monastery.
Gyantse Fortressalt_name
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. Gyantse Fortressalt_name is situated 3 km northeast of Changra.
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. Palcho Monastery is situated 3½ km northeast of Changra.
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.
Changra
- Type: Town
- Also known as: “Banjuelongbu”, “Changra Township”, “Jangra”, “Jiangre”, and “Jiangre Xiang”
- Categories: township of China and locality
- Location: Xigaze, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
28.90256° or 28° 54′ 9″ northLongitude
89.57408° or 89° 34′ 27″ eastElevation
4,024 metres (13,202 feet)Open location code
7MWFWH3F+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 4085495740OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Wu Chinese—“Changra” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Jangra (kapital sa baranggay sa Republikang Popular sa Tsina, Tibet Autonomous Region, lat 28,90, long 89,57)”
- Cebuano: “Jangra”
- Chinese: “jiāngrè xiāng”
- Chinese: “江热”
- Chinese: “江热乡”
- Chinese: “班觉隆布”
- Gan Chinese: “江热乡”
- Swedish: “Jangra”
- Tibetan: “Jangra”
- Tibetan: “ལྕང་ར་ཤང་།”
- Wu Chinese: “江热乡”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pala Manor and Shanghai Park.
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