Riwoqê

Riwoqê is a town in , . Riwoqê is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the hamlet .
  • Type: Town
  • Description: town in Riwoqê, Chamdo, Tibet, China
  • Also known as: “Leiwuqi”, “Riwoche”, “Riwoché”, “Riwoqê town”, and “类乌齐”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Riwoche Monastery.

Buddhist temple
, or Riwoche Tsukla Khang Tragyelma is a Taklung Kagyu monastery of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. It was founded in 1276 by Sangye On, and is one of the oldest and largest monasteries in eastern Tibet.

Riwoqê

Latitude
31.37096° or 31° 22′ 16″ north
Longitude
96.50459° or 96° 30′ 17″ east
Open location code
8M3R9GC3+9R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4089433770
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Wiki­data ID
Q14289577
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Riwoqê” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “lèiwūqí zhèn”
  • Chinese: “类乌齐镇”
  • French: “bourg de Riwoqê”
  • French: “Bourg de Riwoqê”
  • Gan Chinese: “类乌齐镇”
  • German: “Riwoqê”
  • Russian: “Ривоче”
  • Tibetan: “རི་བོ་ཆེ་གྲོང་རྡལ།”
  • Tibetan: “རི་བོ་ཆེ”
  • Wu Chinese: “类乌齐镇”

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