Tuiwa
Tuiwa is a village located in Daglung Town, Nagarzê County, Shannan, Tibet, located at the northeast shore of Lake Puma Yumco. Tuiwa is the second highest permanent settlement by elevation in the world, after La Rinconada, Peru.- Type: Village
- Description: village in Daglung; Nagarzê, Shannan, Tibet, China
- Also known as: “Dui”, “Thü”, “Tu”, “Tü”, “Tui”, “堆”, “推”, and “推瓦”
Tuiwa
- Categories: village of the People’s Republic of China and locality
- Location: Shannan, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
28.56714° or 28° 34′ 2″ northLongitude
90.5299° or 90° 31′ 48″ eastElevation
5,070 metres (16,634 feet)Open location code
7MWGHG8H+VXOpenStreetMap ID
node 8121137066OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q14292498
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