Lhain Township
Lhain is a village and township of Samzhubzê District, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. At the time of the 2010 census, the township had a population of 4,823 and an area of 514 square kilometres.- Type: Town
- Description: township in Samzhubzê, Shigatse, Tibet, China
- Also known as: “Lhain”, “Lhen”, “Lian”, “Lian xiang”, “Lian Xiang”, and “ལྷན”
Lhain Township
- Categories: township of China and locality
- Location: Xigaze, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
29.30484° or 29° 18′ 17″ north
Longitude
89.55272° or 89° 33′ 10″ east
Elevation
3,895 metres (12,779 feet)
Open location code
7MXF8H33+W3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Wu Chinese—“Lhain Township” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lian (kapital sa baranggay sa Republikang Popular sa Tsina, Tibet Autonomous Region, lat 29,30, long 89,55)”
- Cebuano: “Lian”
- Chinese: “lián xiāng”
- Chinese: “联”
- Chinese: “联乡”
- Dutch: “Lhain”
- Gan Chinese: “联乡”
- German: “Lhain”
- Russian: “Лхэн”
- Swedish: “Lian”
- Tibetan: “ལྷན་ཤང་།”
- Wu Chinese: “联乡”
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