Pökang Gompa
Pökang Gompa is a Buddhist temple in Xigaze, Tibet. Pökang Gompa is situated nearby to Qangdoi Township.- Type: Buddhist temple
- Denomination: Tibetan
- Description: monastery in Jangtö, Bainang county, Shigatse, Tibet, China
- Also known as: “Baigang si”, “bokang cuoba”, “Bokang cuoba”, “Bokang si”, “Pokhang”, and “སྤོས་ཁང་དགོན། 白岗寺”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Qangdoi Township.
Qangdoi Township
Town
Qangdoi, or Qiangdui, is a township in Bainang County, in the Shigatse prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. At the time of the 2010 census, the township had a population of 2,369. Qangdoi Township is situated 6 km south of Pökang Gompa.
Pökang Gompa
- Categories: Tibetan Buddhist monastery, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Xigaze, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
29.1416° or 29° 8′ 30″ northLongitude
89.38113° or 89° 22′ 52″ eastOpen location code
7MXF49RJ+JFOpenStreetMap ID
node 13650121559OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=tibetanWikidata ID
Q15936250
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tibetan—“Pökang Gompa” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “波康寺”
- Chinese: “波康措巴”
- Chinese: “白岗寺”
- German: “Baikang Gongba”
- German: “Pökang Gompa”
- Tibetan: “ཇོ་གདན་སྤོས་ཁང་དགོན།”
- Tibetan: “སྤོས་ཁང་དགོན།”
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