Litang

Litang, also Lithang, formally known as Gaocheng Town, is the county seat of Litang County, in western Sichuan Province, south-west . 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 47,500 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 3,935 metres (12,910 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

Highlights include Chamchen Chökhorling.

Photo: 一统江湖, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cunge Township.

Town
Cunge is a township in , , , China. is situated 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
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Wu Chinese—“Litang” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Gaocheng”
  • Chinese: “gāochéng zhèn”
  • Chinese: “理塘”
  • Chinese: “高城”
  • Chinese: “高城鎮”
  • Chinese: “高城镇”
  • Dutch: “Litang (plaats)”
  • Dutch: “Litang”
  • French: “bourg de Gaocheng”
  • French: “Bourg de Gaocheng”
  • Gan Chinese: “高城镇”
  • German: “Gaocheng”
  • Persian: “گاوچنگ، شیچوان”
  • Polish: “Litang”
  • Polish: “Lithang”
  • Swedish: “Gaocheng (häradshuvudort i Kina, Sichuan Sheng, lat 29,99, long 100,27)”
  • Swedish: “Gaocheng”
  • Tibetan: “མཐོ་གྲོང་གྲོང་རྡལ།”
  • Ukrainian: “Гаочен”
  • Ukrainian: “Літанг”
  • Vietnamese: “Lý Đường”
  • Wu Chinese: “高城镇”

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