Gyirai

Gyirai is a suburb in , and has an elevation of 3,658 metres. Gyirai is situated near the neighborhood , as well as near .
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: subdistrict in Lhasa, Tibet, China
  • Also known as: “Gyirai Subdistrict”, “Jiri Jiedao”, “Jiri Subdistrict”, “Kyiré”, “吉日街道 སྐྱིད་རས།”, and “吉日街道办事处”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Potala Palace and Lhasa Great Mosque.

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is a museum complex in , the capital of the of .

Mosque
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The , also known as the Hebalin…

Peak
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, or Chakpori, Chokpori, Chagpo Ri is a spirit-mountain of Vajrapani in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lhasa and Pargor Subdistrict.

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is the capital of the autonomous region in .

Suburb
The Barkhor Square, or Barkhor, is an historic area…

Neighborhood
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, or Shol Village, is a village at the base of the in , .

Gyirai

Latitude
29.6524° or 29° 39′ 9″ north
Longitude
91.1363° or 91° 8′ 11″ east
Elevation
3,658 metres (12,001 feet)
Open location code
7MXHM42P+XG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4103161630
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
8746075
Wiki­data ID
Q10917171
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Wu Chinese—“Gyirai” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Jiri (baranggay sa Republikang Popular sa Tsina)”
  • Cebuano: “Jiri”
  • Chinese: “Jírì Jiēdào”
  • Chinese: “吉日”
  • Chinese: “吉日街道”
  • French: “sous-district de Gyirai”
  • French: “Sous-district de Gyirai”
  • Gan Chinese: “吉日街道”
  • Swedish: “Jiri”
  • Tibetan: “Gyirai”
  • Tibetan: “སྐྱིད་རས་ཁྲོམ་གཞུང་།”
  • Tibetan: “སྐྱིད་རས”
  • Wu Chinese: “吉日街道”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: ཐལ་སྤུངས་སྒང་སྡེ་ཁུལ། 铁崩岗社区 and སྐྱིད་རས་སྡེ་ཁུལ། 吉日社区.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Tsamkhung Nunnery and Banak Shöl Hotel.

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