Samzhubdeqen

Samzhubdeqen is a neighborhood in Shannan, Tibet. Samzhubdeqen is situated nearby to the neighborhood Zhaxitogmê, as well as near Zhaxiqoidên.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yungbulakang Palace and Tradruk Temple.

Yungbulakang Palace

Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0.

Yumbulagang or Yumbu Lakhar is the original palace of the Yarlung kings of Tibet. In the Tibetan mythology, it was the first building in Tibet, and was the palace of the legendary first Tibetan king, Nyatri Tsenpo, who is said to have reigned from 127 BCE. Yungbulakang Palace is situated 2½ km southeast of Samzhubdeqen.

Tradruk Temple

Buddhist temple

Photo: Esiymbro, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tradruk Temple in the Yarlung Valley is the earliest great geomantic temple after the Jokhang and some sources say it predates that temple. Tradruk Temple is located in Nêdong County of Lhoka in the Tibet Autonomous Region, about seven kilometres south of the county seat, Tsetang. Tradruk Temple is situated 4 km north of Samzhubdeqen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Changzhug and Tsethang.

Changzhug

Town

Photo: Fanghong, CC BY 2.5.

Changzhug is a town, which is situated 4 km north of Samzhubdeqen.

Tsethang

Photo: Ernst Schäfer, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.

Tsetang or Zedang, is the fourth largest city in Tibet and is located in the Yarlung Valley, 183 km southeast of Lhasa in Nedong District of the Shannan Prefecture in the Tibet region of China.

Samzhubdeqen

Type: Neighborhood
Also known as: “Sangzhudeqing”, “Zhaxitongmen”, and “扎西通门”
Category: locality
Location: Shannan, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

29.16006° or 29° 9′ 36″ north

Longitude

91.78295° or 91° 46′ 59″ east

Open location code

7MXH5Q6M+25

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13273985360

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

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In Other Languages

“Samzhubdeqen” goes by many names.

Chinese: “桑珠德青”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include ཡར་ཀླུངས་བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཆོས་སྡེ། 扎西曲德寺 and Riwo Choling.

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