Xiayadong Township
Xiayadong Township, known in Tibetan as Dromo Mechü is a township in the Chumbi Valley in Yadong County, Shigatse, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town
- Description: township in Yadong County, Tibet
- Also known as: “Chomomai”, “Chomomai Xiang”, “Dromo Mechü”, “Dromomé”, “Dromomey”, “Lower Yadong”, “Renqinggang”, “Xia Yadong”, “Xiayadong”, “Xiayadong Qu”, and “Xiayadong Xiang”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chumbi Valley and Chema.
Chumbi Valley
Locality
Photo: Ernst Schäfer, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
The Chumbi Valley, called Dromo or Tromo in Tibetan, is a valley in the Himalayas that projects southwards from the Tibetan plateau, intervening between Sikkim and Bhutan.
Chema
Village
Chema or Phema, is a village in the Chumbi Valley or Yadong County in the Tibet region of China. It is in the valley of Amo Chu where the route from Sikkim's Nathu La pass meets the Amo Chu valley.
Rinchengang
Village
Rinchengang or Renqinggang is a town in the Chumbi Valley and the headquarters of the Xia Yadong Township of Yadong County, Tibet region of China. It is in the valley of Amo Chu where the route from Sikkim's Jelep La pass meets Amo Chu.
Xiayadong Township
- Categories: township of China and locality
- Location: Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.4294° or 27° 25′ 46″ northLongitude
88.9274° or 88° 55′ 39″ eastElevation
2,968 metres (9,738 feet)Open location code
7MVCCWHG+PXOpenStreetMap ID
node 2510138994OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Wu Chinese—“Xiayadong Township” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Xiayadong”
- Chinese: “xiàyàdōng xiāng”
- Chinese: “下亚东”
- Chinese: “下亚东区”
- Chinese: “下亚东乡”
- Chinese: “仁青岗”
- Gan Chinese: “下亚东乡”
- Swedish: “Xiayadong”
- Tibetan: “Chomomai Xiang”
- Tibetan: “Chomomai”
- Tibetan: “Rinqêngang”
- Tibetan: “གྲོ་མོ་སྨད་ཤང་།”
- Wu Chinese: “下亚东乡”
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