Yemar Gompa
Yemar Gompa is a Buddhist temple in Xigaze, Tibet.- Type: Buddhist temple
- Denomination: Tibetan
- Description: monastery in Kangmar County, Shigatse, Tibet, China
- Also known as: “Aiwang”, “Aiwang si”, “Aiwang Temple”, “Ewang”, “Iwang”, “Iwang Lhakhang”, “Yemar”, and “གཡེ་དམར་དགོན (艾旺寺)”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Samarda Township.
Samarda Township
Town
Samada is a township in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Samarda Township is situated 8 km southwest of Yemar Gompa.
Yemar Gompa
- Categories: cultural heritage of China, Tibetan Buddhist monastery, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Xigaze, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
28.45915° or 28° 27′ 33″ northLongitude
89.61493° or 89° 36′ 54″ eastOpen location code
7MWFFJ57+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 4007957925OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=tibetanWikidata ID
Q15915177
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tibetan—“Yemar Gompa” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “艾旺寺”
- German: “Iwang-Kloster”
- German: “Yemar Gompa”
- German: “Yemar”
- Indonesian: “Wihara Aiwang”
- Tibetan: “གཡེ་དམར་དགོན”
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