Shigatse West

Shigatse West is a railway station in Xigaze, Tibet. Shigatse West is situated nearby to the peak 巴莫德协, as well as near 尼斯热.

Type: Railway station
Description: railway station in Samzhubzê, Xigazê, Tibet, China
Also known as: “Shigatse West railway station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shigatse.

Shigatse

Railway station

Photo: Baycrest, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Shigatse railway station, officially Xigazê, is a railway station in Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It lies in Jiacuoxiong Township, Samzhubzê District. The station officially opened for operations on 16 August 2014. Shigatse is situated 3½ km east of Shigatse West.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Qugboxung Township and Shigatse.

Qugboxung Township

Town

Qugboxung is a village and township of the Samzhubzê District, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. At the time of the 2010 census, the township had a population of 5,428 and an area of 310 square kilometres.As of 2013, it had 15 villages under its administration.

Shigatse

Photo: Dcpeets, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Shigatse, officially spelled Xigazê, is the second largest city in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is 3,800 meters above sea level.

Chengnan

Suburb

Chengnan Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Samzhubzê District, Shigatse, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. At the time of the 2010 census, the subdistrict had a population of 50,857 and an area of 90 square kilometres. Chengnan is situated 6 km north of Shigatse West.

Shigatse West

Categories: goods station, station, and transportation
Location: Xigaze, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

29.21601° or 29° 12′ 58″ north

Longitude

88.87538° or 88° 52′ 31″ east

Open location code

7MXC6V8G+C5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3740944757

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

Wikidata ID

Q137594079

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to German—“Shigatse West” goes by many names.

Chinese: “日喀则西”
Chinese: “日喀则西站”
French: “Bahnhof Xigazê West”
German: “Bahnhof Xigazê West”
German: “Schigatse West”
German: “Schigatse Westbahnhof”
German: “Westbahnhof Schigatse”
German: “Westbahnhof Xigazê”
German: “Xigazê West”
German: “Xigazê Westbahnhof”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 巴莫德协 and 尼斯热.

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