SW China
Sichuan
Ganzi

Palpung

Babang is a rural township in , , , . The township is primarily concentrated around the Pal Chu river in the western reaches of the on the east side of the .
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  • Type: Town
  • Description: township in Dêgê, Garzê, Sichuan, China
  • Also known as: “Babang Township”, “Babang Township, Sichuan”, “Babang, Dêgê”, “Belpung”, “Pelpung”, “Waibung”, “八帮”, “八邦”, and “八邦乡”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Palpung Monastery.

Buddhist temple
Photo: NoGhost, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is Tai Situ's historic monastic seat in Babang, . Palpung means "glorious union of study and practice". It originated in the 12th century and wielded considerable religious, political, and economic influence over the centuries.

Palpung

Latitude
31.64617° or 31° 38′ 46″ north
Longitude
98.79782° or 98° 47′ 52″ east
Open location code
8M3WJQWX+F4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1755809416
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Wiki­data ID
Q10892154
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Palpung” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “八帮乡”
  • Gan Chinese: “八帮乡”
  • German: “Babang”
  • Tibetan: “དབལ་སྤུངས”
  • Wu Chinese: “八帮乡”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Palpung”. Photo: NoGhost, CC BY-SA 4.0.