Tsechen
Tsechen is a town in Tibet, Southwest China and has an elevation of 4,006 metres. Tsechen is situated nearby to the village Kare, as well as near Gexi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town
- Description: township in Gyantsé, Shigatse, Tibet, China
- Also known as: “Gebuxi”, “Zêqên”, “Zeqen Xiang”, and “Zijin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Palcho Monastery.
Palcho Monastery
Buddhist temple
Photo: Alberrosidus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Palcho Monastery or Pelkor Chode Monastery or Shekar Gyantse is the main monastery in the Nyangchu river valley in Gyantse, Gyantse County, Shigatse Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region. Palcho Monastery is situated 4 km east of Tsechen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gyantse.
Gyantse
Photo: Banja-Frans Mulder, CC BY 3.0.
Gyantse, officially Gyangzê Town, is a town located in Gyantse County, Shigatse Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It was historically considered the third largest and most prominent town in Tibet, but there are now at least ten larger Tibetan cities.
Tsechen
- Categories: township of China and locality
- Location: Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
28.9367° or 28° 56′ 12″ northLongitude
89.5543° or 89° 33′ 16″ eastElevation
4,006 metres (13,143 feet)Open location code
7MWFWHP3+MPOpenStreetMap ID
node 4085495750OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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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: “紫金”
- Chinese: “紫金乡”
- Gan Chinese: “紫金乡”
- Japanese: “紫金郷”
- Swedish: “Zijin (socken i Kina)”
- Swedish: “Zijin”
- Tibetan: “Zêqên Xiang”
- Tibetan: “Zêqên”
- Tibetan: “རྩེ་ཆེན་ཤང་།”
- Wu Chinese: “紫金乡”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kare and Gexi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include བརྩེ་ཆེན་ཆོས་སྡེ (紫金寺) and Pala Manor.
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