Tsechen

Tsechen is a town in , and has an elevation of around 4,010 metres. Tsechen is situated near the village , as well as near .
  • Town
  • …lies at an elevation of around 4,010 metres (13,140 feet)
  • Description: township in Gyantsé, Shigatse, Tibet, China
  • Also known as
    “Gebuxi”
    “Zêqên”
    “Zeqen Xiang”
    “Zijin”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tsechen Gompa and Palcho Monastery.
Tsechen Monastery was a Tibetan monastery located approximately 5 kilometres northwest of .
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The or Pelkor Chode Monastery… is situated 4 km east of Tsechen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gyantse.
Banja-Frans Mulder, CC BY 3.0.
, officially Gyangzê Town, is a town located…

Tsechen

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Latitude
28.9367° or 28° 56′ 12″ north
Longitude
89.5543° or 89° 33′ 16″ east
Open location code
7MWFWHP3+MP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4085495750
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
8741159
Wiki­data ID
Q14293662

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Wu Chinese—“Tsechen” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Zijin (baranggay sa Republikang Popular sa Tsina)”
  • Cebuano: “Zijin”
  • Chinese: “zǐjīn xiāng”
  • Chinese: “格布西”
  • Chinese: “江孜紫金乡”
  • Chinese: “紫金”
  • Chinese: “紫金乡”
  • Gan Chinese: “紫金乡”
  • German: “Zêqên”
  • German: “Zijin”
  • Japanese: “紫金郷”
  • Russian: “Дзечен”
  • Swedish: “Zijin (socken i Kina)”
  • Swedish: “Zijin, Tibet”
  • Tibetan: “Zêqên Xiang”
  • Tibetan: “Zêqên”
  • Tibetan: “རྩེ་ཆེན་ཤང་།”
  • Tibetan: “རྩེ་ཆེན”
  • Wu Chinese: “紫金乡”

Localities in the Area

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