Porong

Porong is a town in , and has an elevation of 4,660 metres. Porong is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .
  • Type: Town
  • Description: township in Nyalam county, Shigatse, Tibet, China
  • Also known as: “Borong”, “Borong Township”, “Borong Xiang”, “Borong:Porong”, and “Xaga”

Porong

Latitude
28.7525° or 28° 45′ 9″ north
Longitude
85.7897° or 85° 47′ 23″ east
Elevation
4,660 metres (15,289 feet)
Open location code
7MW7QQ3Q+2V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3527860586
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
8745962
Wiki­data ID
Q11144446
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Wu Chinese—“Porong” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Borong (baranggay sa Republikang Popular sa Tsina)”
  • Cebuano: “Borong”
  • Chinese: “波绒”
  • Chinese: “波绒乡”
  • Gan Chinese: “波绒乡”
  • German: “Boro”
  • German: “Poro”
  • Russian: “Боро”
  • Russian: “Боронг”
  • Swedish: “Borong”
  • Tibetan: “སྤོ་རོ”
  • Tibetan: “སྤོ་རོང་ཤང་།”
  • Tibetan: “སྤོ་རོང”
  • Wu Chinese: “波绒乡”

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