Nyangrain Subdistrict
Nyang bran is a suburb district and valley located several kilometres north of the city of Lhasa, Tibet. The valley is noted for its hermitages, belonging to the Sera Monastery, one of the three great historical monasteries of Tibet. Pabonka Hermitage, Drakri Hermitage, Chupzang Nunnery and many others are located in the valley which offers scenic views of Lhasa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: subdistrict in Chengguan, Lhasa, Tibet, China
- Also known as: “Niangre”, “Nyang bran”, “Nyang Bran”, “Nyangdren”, and “Nyangrain”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sera Monastery and Pabonka Hermitage.
Sera Monastery
Buddhist temple
Photo: Antoinetav, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sera Monastery is one of the "great three" Gelug university monasteries of Tibet, located 1.25 miles north of Lhasa and about 5 km north of the Jokhang.
Pabonka Hermitage
Buddhist temple
Pabonka Hermitage, also written Pawangka, is a historical hermitage, today belonging to Sera Monastery, about 8 kilometres northwest of Lhasa in the Nyang bran Valley on the slopes of Mount Parasol in Tibet.
Garu Nunnery
Buddhist temple
Garu Nunnery is a historical hermitage, belonging to Sera Monastery. It is located north of Lhasa, Lhasa Prefecture, in the Tibet region of China. The nunnery has an ancient history traced to Padmasambhava, the Indian Buddhist preceptor, who visited this location.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lhasa and Zhol Village.
Lhasa
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lhasa is the capital of the Tibet autonomous region in China. It is 3,650 m above sea level on the northern slopes of the Himalayas.
Zhol Village
Neighborhood
Zhol Village, or Shol Village, is a village at the base of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. It contained the residences and administrative buildings of Ganden Phodrang's government officials and other Tibetans. Zhol Village is situated 4 km south of Nyangrain Subdistrict.
Pargor Subdistrict
Suburb
The Barkhor Square, or Barkhor, is an historic area of narrow streets and a public square with markets, and the circumambulation route around the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet, China. Pargor Subdistrict is situated 6 km south of Nyangrain Subdistrict.
Nyangrain Subdistrict
- Categories: subdistrict in China and locality
- Location: Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
29.7002° or 29° 42′ 1″ northLongitude
91.1185° or 91° 7′ 7″ eastElevation
3,735 metres (12,254 feet)Open location code
7MXHP429+39OpenStreetMap ID
node 4103161636OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Wu Chinese—“Nyangrain Subdistrict” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Нянграин”
- Cebuano: “Nyangrain”
- Chinese: “Niángrè Jiēdào”
- Chinese: “娘热”
- Chinese: “娘热乡”
- Chinese: “娘热街道”
- Chinese: “娘熱街道”
- French: “Niangre”
- French: “Nyangrain”
- French: “sous-district de Nyangrain”
- French: “Sous-district de Nyangrain”
- Gan Chinese: “娘热街道”
- Gan Chinese: “娘熱街道”
- Swedish: “Nyangrain”
- Tibetan: “Nyangrain Xiang”
- Tibetan: “Nyangrain”
- Tibetan: “ཉང་བྲན་ཁྲོམ་གཞུང་།”
- Wu Chinese: “娘热街道”
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