Kampa Dzong

Kampa or Kamba Dzong, is a town north of . It is the headequarters in the Shigatse Prefecture. It is marked by an iconic hill-top fort, much admired by the expeditions travelling to during the early 20th century.
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  • Type: Town
  • Description: Town in Kamba County, Shigatse, Tibet, China
  • Also known as: “Dzong de Khampa Dzong”, “Gangba”, “Gangba Zhen”, “Goinbalhabu”, “Goinbalhau”, “Gömpa”, “Gompala’u”, “Kamba”, “Kampa town”, “Гамба (посёлок)”, “Ганба чжэнь”, “Камба”, “Кампа-дзонг”, “Кхамба Дзонг”, “Кхамбер Джонг”, “посёлок Ганба”, “གོང་མ”, “དགོན་པ”, “དགོན་པ་ལྷ་བུ”, “དགོན་པ་ལྷའུ”, “孔玛”, “岗巴县”, “工巴楼”, and “贡巴楼”

Kampa Dzong

Latitude
28.21971° or 28° 13′ 11″ north
Longitude
88.4732° or 88° 28′ 24″ east
Elevation
4,594 metres (15,072 feet)
Open location code
7MWC6F9F+V7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2528169479
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
8746033
Wiki­data ID
Q1723258
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Wu Chinese—“Kampa Dzong” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Kampa Dzong”
  • Cebuano: “Gangba”
  • Chinese: “gǎngbā zhèn”
  • Chinese: “岗巴”
  • Chinese: “岗巴镇”
  • French: “Khampa Dzong”
  • Gan Chinese: “岗巴镇”
  • German: “Gamba”
  • German: “Goinba”
  • Italian: “Gamba”
  • Russian: “Гамба”
  • Russian: “Кхамба-дзонг”
  • Swedish: “Gangba”
  • Tibetan: “གམ་པ་གྲོང་རྡལ།”
  • Ukrainian: “Гамба”
  • Wu Chinese: “岗巴镇”

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