Porong
Porong is a town in Tibet, Southwest China and has an elevation of 4,660 metres. Porong is situated nearby to the village Drachen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town
- Also known as: “Borong”, “Borong Xiang”, “Porong Township”, and “Xaga”
- Categories: township of China and locality
- Location: Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
28.7525° or 28° 45′ 9″ northLongitude
85.7897° or 85° 47′ 23″ eastElevation
4,660 metres (15,289 feet)Open location code
7MW7QQ3Q+2VOpenStreetMap ID
node 3527860586OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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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”
- Russian: “Боро”
- Russian: “Боронг”
- Swedish: “Borong”
- Tibetan: “སྤོ་རོང་ཤང་།”
- Wu Chinese: “波绒乡”
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