Shamong

Shamong is a town in , and has an elevation of 4,676 metres. Shamong is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .
  • Type: Town
  • Description: township in Seni, Nagqu, Tibet, China
  • Also known as: “Nakajue”, “Sangzhung”, “Shomong”, “Xamong”, “Xiangmao”, “Xiangmao Xiang”, “Xiangmaona”, “Xomong”, and “Xomong Xiang”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shamong.

Railway station
The Qinghai–Tibet railway or Qingzang railway, is a high-elevation railway line in between , , and , . With over 960 km of track being more than 4,000 m above sea level, it is the highest railway line in the world.

Shamong

Latitude
31.02304° or 31° 1′ 23″ north
Longitude
91.67719° or 91° 40′ 38″ east
Elevation
4,676 metres (15,341 feet)
Open location code
8M3H2MFG+6V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4113466775
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
8059160
Wiki­data ID
Q14296904
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Shamong” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “纳喀觉”
  • Chinese: “香茂”
  • Chinese: “香茂乡”
  • Chinese: “香茂那”
  • French: “Canton de Xiangmao”
  • French: “Xiangmao”
  • French: “Xomong”
  • Gan Chinese: “香茂乡”
  • German: “Xomong”
  • Russian: “Шомонг”
  • Swedish: “Xomong”
  • Tibetan: “Xomong”
  • Tibetan: “ཤ་མོང་ཤང་།”
  • Tibetan: “ཤ་མོང”
  • Tibetan: “ཤོ་མོང་ཤང”
  • Tibetan: “ཤོ་མོང”
  • Wu Chinese: “香茂乡”

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