Shigatse

Shigatse railway station, officially Xigazê, is a railway station in , , . It lies in Jiacuoxiong Township, Samzhubzê District. The station officially opened for operations on 16 August 2014.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Jagcoxung, People’s Republic of China
  • Also known as: “Rikaze Railway Station”, “Shigatse railway station”, “Xigazê railway station”, and “日喀则 གཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ།”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shigatse and Gyamcoxung Township.

Photo: Dcpeets, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, officially spelled Xigazê, is the second largest city in the Autonomous Region of . It is 3,800 meters above sea level.

Town
Gyacoxung is a township of Samzhubzê District, in the of China. At the time of the 2010 census, the township had a population of 11,946 and an area of 471 square kilometres. Xigazê railway station is located here. is situated 5 km southeast of Shigatse.

Town
Qugboxung is a village and township of the Samzhubzê District, in the 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. is situated 6 km southwest of Shigatse.

Shigatse

Latitude
29.22386° or 29° 13′ 26″ north
Longitude
88.91216° or 88° 54′ 44″ east
Inception
August 16th, 2014
Open location code
7MXC6WF6+GV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7279526246
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Wiki­data ID
Q17499024
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Venetian—“Shigatse” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “日喀则站”
  • Chinese: “日喀則站”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة اكسيجاز”
  • French: “gare de Shigatsé”
  • French: “Gare de Shigatsé”
  • French: “Gare ferroviaire de Rikaze”
  • French: “Shigatsé”
  • German: “Bahnhof Xigazê”
  • Japanese: “シガツェ駅”
  • Tibetan: “གཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ་འབབ་ཚུགས་”
  • Urdu: “شیگاتسی ریلوے اسٹیشن”
  • Venetian: “stasion de Shigatsé”

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