Nagqu

Nagqu is a prefecture-level city in northern Tibet and the largest prefecture-level city in China by land area. In addition to being a transit station for the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, it also has many unknown beauties.
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  • City with about 505,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 4,500 metres (14,760 feet)
  • …was formerly known as “那曲地区”
  • Description: prefecture-level City in Tibet Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China
  • Also known as
    “Hei He”
    “Hei-ho”
    “Hei-ho-chen”
    “Kheykhe”
    “Na Pichu”
    “Na-ch’ü”
    “Na-ch’ü-k’a”
    “Na-ko-ch’u-tsung”
    “Na-ku-chia”
    “Na-ptchu”
    “Nag-chu-dsong”
    “Nagchhu Dzong”
    “Nagchhuka”
    “Nagchhukha”
    “Nagchu”
    “Nagchu City”
    “Nagchu Prefecture”
    “Nagchu-dzong”
    “Nagchuka”
    “Nagqu City”
    “Nakchukha Dzong”
    “Naqu”
    “Naqu City”
    “Naqu Prefecture”
    “Naqu Zhen”
    “那曲市 ནག་ཆུ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shabten Monastery.
Buddhist temple
The Shaten Monastery is a temple located in …

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nagqu Town.
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Town
Nagqu, Nagchu in original Tibetan or Naqu, also known…

Nagqu

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Latitude
31.4786° or 31° 28′ 43″ north
Longitude
92.0498° or 92° 2′ 59″ east
Open location code
8M3JF2HX+CW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4960798741
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1280517
Wiki­data ID
Q1012460

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Nagqu” goes by many names.
NagquAsturian
NagquBasque
Nagqu PrefekturaBasque
নাগ-ছু বিভাগBengali
NagquCatalan
NagquCebuano
那曲Chinese
那曲地区Chinese
那曲地區Chinese
那曲市Chinese
那曲镇Chinese
NagčhuCzech
NagquDanish
NagchuDutch
Nagchu (prefectuur)Dutch
Prefectuur NagquDutch
NagĉuEsperanto
NagquEsperanto
NagquFinnish
NagchuFrench
NagquFrench
Préfecture de NagchuFrench
那曲市Gan Chinese
Bezirksfreie Stadt NagquGerman
NagchuGerman
NagquGerman
NaquGerman
Regierungsbezirk NagquGerman
Ná-khiuk thi-khîHakka Chinese
NagquHakka Chinese
Nagqu thi-khîHakka Chinese
נאגצ’וHebrew
नगचुHindi
नगचु विभागHindi
नचु विभागHindi
NagquHungarian
NagquIndonesian
NagquIrish
Prefettura di NagquItalian
ナクチュ地区Japanese
ナクチュ市Japanese
ナチュ・クルJapanese
ナチュ・サクルJapanese
ナチュ地区Japanese
那曲地区Japanese
나그추시Korean
나추 지구Korean
나취 지구Korean
나취시Korean
Nagču prefektūraLithuanian
NagquMalagasy
NagquMin Dong Chinese
Nagqu ChhīMin Nan Chinese
Nagqu Tē-khuMin Nan Chinese
NagquNorwegian
NagchuNorwegian Bokmål
NagquNorwegian Bokmål
NagquOccitan (post 1500)
ناچو، چینPersian
ناگچوPersian
NagquPolish
НагчуRussian
НакчуRussian
НацюRussian
НацюйRussian
NagchuSpanish
NagquSpanish
NagchuSwedish
NagquSwedish
NakchuSwedish
Nakchu PrefekturSwedish
นักชูThai
NagquTibetan
ནག་ཆུ་ས་ཁུལ།Tibetan
NagquTurkish
Nagqu iliTurkish
НагчуUkrainian
ناگچوUrdu
Prefettura de NagquVenetian
Na PichuVietnamese
NagchuVietnamese
NagquVietnamese
NaquVietnamese
NagquWelsh
那曲市Wu Chinese
那曲Yue Chinese

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