Saikang
Saikang is a neighborhood in Shannan, Tibet and has an elevation of 3,664 metres. Saikang is situated nearby to the neighborhood Bairong, as well as near Kêmai.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tradruk Temple.
Tradruk Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: Esiymbro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tradruk Temple in the Yarlung Valley is the earliest great geomantic temple after the Jokhang and some sources say it predates that temple. Tradruk Temple is located in Nêdong County of Lhoka in the Tibet Autonomous Region, about seven kilometres south of the county seat, Tsetang. Tradruk Temple is situated 4 km northeast of Saikang.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Changzhug and Tsethang.
Tsethang
Photo: Ernst Schäfer, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Tsetang or Zedang, is the fourth largest city in Tibet and is located in the Yarlung Valley, 183 km southeast of Lhasa in Nedong District of the Shannan Prefecture in the Tibet region of China.
Saikang
- Type: Neighborhood
- Also known as: “Kaduo Gongshe”, “Segang”, “Sekang”, “Sekang Shequ”, “Sekhang”, “色岗社区”, and “色康”
- Categories: residential community and locality
- Location: Shannan, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
29.16631° or 29° 9′ 59″ northLongitude
91.74563° or 91° 44′ 44″ eastElevation
3,664 metres (12,021 feet)Open location code
7MXH5P8W+G7OpenStreetMap ID
node 13274000306OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Saikang” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “卡多公社”
- Chinese: “色岗”
- Chinese: “色康社区”
- Gan Chinese: “色康社区”
- Tibetan: “Saikang”
- Wu Chinese: “色康社区”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rechungpa’s Cave and ཡར་ཀླུངས་བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཆོས་སྡེ། 扎西曲德寺.
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