Chuku Gompa
Chuku Gompa is a Buddhist temple in Ngari, Tibet. Chuku Gompa is situated nearby to the town Parga, as well as near the village Tarchan.- Type: Buddhist temple
- Denomination: Tibetan
- Description: monastery in Parga, Burang county, Ngari, Tibet, China
- Also known as: “Chöku Gompa”, “Chukku”, “Qoigu Goinba”, and “Qugu si”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parga and Tarchan.
Parga
Town
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Parga is a town, which is situated 6 km south of Chuku Gompa.
Tarchan
Village
Photo: Ondřej Žváček, CC BY 2.5.
Kangsa Village, poetically known as Darchen, Tarchan or Taqin, is a former Bhutanese enclave, currently held by the People's Republic of China and the seat of the Parga Township, Purang County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Tarchan is situated 7 km south of Chuku Gompa.
Chuku Gompa
- Categories: Tibetan Buddhist monastery, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Ngari, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.03335° or 31° 2′ 0″ northLongitude
81.26648° or 81° 15′ 59″ eastOpen location code
8M3327M8+8HOpenStreetMap ID
node 13724726640OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=tibetanWikidata ID
Q108039488
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tibetan—“Chuku Gompa” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “曲古寺”
- German: “Qoigu Goinba”
- Russian: “Чуку Гомпа”
- Tibetan: “གཉེན་པོ་རི་རྫོང་དགོན།”
- Tibetan: “ཆོས་སྐུ་དགོན།”
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