5th Motor Transport Brigade

5th Motor Transport Brigade is a military installation in Lhasa, Tibet. 5th Motor Transport Brigade is situated near the suburb Donggar Subdistrict, as well as near the neighborhood Zhol Village.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Drepung Monastery and Norbulingka.

Drepung Monastery

Buddhist temple

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Drepung Monastery, located at the foot of Mount Gephel, is one of the "great three" Gelug monasteries of Tibet. The other two are Ganden Monastery and Sera Monastery. Drepung Monastery is situated 3 km north of 5th Motor Transport Brigade.

Norbulingka

Park

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Norbulingka is a palace and surrounding park in Lhasa, Tibet built from 1755. It served as the traditional summer residence of the successive Dalai Lamas from the 1780s up until the 14th Dalai Lama's exile in 1959. Norbulingka is situated 4 km east of 5th Motor Transport Brigade.

Nechung

Buddhist temple

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Nechung Monastery, Nechung Gompa or Nechung Chok, is the seat of the State Oracle of Tibet. It is also referred to as Sungi Gyelpoi Tsenkar, the "Demon Fortress of the Oracle King." It is about 10-minute walk down from Drepung Monastery, and was the residence of the three-headed, six-armed Pehar Gyalpo, the chief protector of the Gelugs and the seat of the State Oracle or Nechung Oracle. Nechung is situated 2 km north of 5th Motor Transport Brigade.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Donggar Subdistrict and Zhol Village.

Donggar Subdistrict

Suburb

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Donggar is a subdistrict in Doilungdêqên District in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, northwest of Lhasa. It lies at an altitude of 3,828 metres. The subdistrict has a population of about 4,000 people with 9,359 people in the township. Donggar Subdistrict is situated 5 km west of 5th Motor Transport Brigade.

Zhol Village

Neighborhood

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Zhol Village, or Shol Village, is a village at the base of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. It contained the residences and administrative buildings of Ganden Phodrang's government officials and other Tibetans. Zhol Village is situated 6 km east of 5th Motor Transport Brigade.