Litang
Litang, also Lithang, formally known as Gaocheng Town, is the county seat of Litang County, in western Sichuan Province, south-west China. Litang is a bustling little place with colorful street life thanks to the nomadic shepherds and Tibetan people coming here to sell and buy their products.
- Town with about 47,500 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 4,010 metres (13,170 feet)
- Description: seat and town of Litang, Garze, Sichuan, China
- Also known as“Gaocheng”“Gaocheng Town”“Gaocheng Zhen”“Gaocheng, Sichuan”“Li-ch’ang”“Li-hua”“Li-hua-hsien”“Li-t’ang-hsien”“Lichan”“Lihwa”“Likhua”“Tochong”
Places of Interest
Discover Chamchen Chökhorling.
Chamchen Chökhorling
一统江湖, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cunge Township.
Cunge Township
Town
Cunge is a township in Litang County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China.
5 km west of Litang
Litang
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Latitude
29.9956° or 29° 59′ 44″ north
Longitude
100.2678° or 100° 16′ 4″ east
Open location code
7PX2X7W9+64
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
GeoNames ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Wu Chinese—“Litang” goes by many names.
GaochengAsturian
gāochéng zhènChinese
理塘Chinese
高城Chinese
高城鎮Chinese
高城镇Chinese
LitangDutch
Litang (plaats)Dutch
高城镇Gan Chinese
گاوچنگ، شیچوانPersian
LitangPolish
LithangPolish
GaochengSwedish
Gaocheng (häradshuvudort i Kina, Sichuan Sheng, lat 29,99, long 100,27)Swedish
མཐོ་གྲོང་གྲོང་རྡལ།Tibetan
ГаоченUkrainian
ЛітангUkrainian
Lý ĐườngVietnamese
高城镇Wu Chinese
Places with the Same Name
Localities in the Area
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