Shawan Monastery
Shawan Monastery is a Buddhist temple in Aba, Sichuan.- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: monastery in Ngawa county, Ngawa, Sichuan, China
- Also known as: “shawan si”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rong’an Township.
Rong’an Township
Town
Rong'an is a township in Ngawa County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China. In 2010, Rong'an Township had a total population of 2,854: 1,396 males and 1,458 females: 862 aged under 14, 1,764 aged between 15 and 65 and 228 aged over 65. Rong’an Township is situated 8 km southeast of Shawan Monastery.
Shawan Monastery
- Categories: Tibetan Buddhist monastery, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Aba, Sichuan, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.56964° or 32° 34′ 11″ northLongitude
101.53556° or 101° 32′ 8″ eastOpen location code
8P43HG9P+V6OpenStreetMap ID
node 8214775703OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q108032058
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tibetan—“Shawan Monastery” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “沙湾寺”
- Tibetan: “ས་བར་དགོན་འཇམ་དབྱངས་བསམ་གཏན་གླིང་།”
- Tibetan: “ས་བར་དགོན།”
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