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Tibet Autonomous Region

The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), also called Xizang Autonomous Region (Tibetan: ; Wylie: Bod-rang-skyong-ljongs; simplified Chinese: 西藏自治区; traditional Chinese: 西藏自治區; pinyin: Xīzàng Zìzhìqū, literally: western "Tsang" automonous region; "Tsang" derived from the Chinese name for Ü-Tsang ...

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Lhasa

Lhasa, (pronounced /ˈlɑːsə/ in English, Tibetan: ལྷ་ས་, pronounced [l̥ásə] or [l̥ɜ́ːsə]; simplified Chinese: 拉萨; traditional Chinese: 拉薩; pinyin: Lāsà) and sometimes spelled Lasa, is the administrative capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in the...

Shishapangma

Shishapangma (officially: Xixiabangma) is the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the eight-thousanders. It was the last 8,000 metre peak to be climbed, due to its location entirely within Tibet and the restrictions on outside...

Changtse

Changtse (Tibetan: "north peak") is a mountain situated between the Main Rongbuk and East Rongbuk Glaciers in Tibet immediately north of Mount Everest. It is connected to Mount Everest via the North Col. The given elevation of 7,543 metres is from...

Lake Manasarovar

Mapam Yumco/Mapam Yum Co/Mapham Yu Tso (Tibetan: མ་ཕམ་གཡུ་མཚོ།, Mapam Yumco; simplified Chinese: 玛旁雍错; traditional Chinese: 瑪旁雍錯), or Manasa Sarovar/Lake Manas (Sanskrit: मानस सरोवर, Hindi: मानसरोवर झील; Telugu: మానస సరోవరము, Bengali: মানস সরোবর),...

Area:

320 km² (124 mi² )

Lake Rakshastal

La'nga Co (officially: La'nga Co; Tibetan:ལག་ངར་མཚོ་ ; Wylie transliteration: lag-ngar-mtsho; Chinese: 拉昂错, Pinyin: Lā'áng Cuò) is a lake in Tibet, China, lying close to the west of Lake Manasarovar and Mount Kailash. The Satluj River originates at...

Tingri

Tingri or Dingri or Dhingri (Tibetan: དིང་རི་; Wylie: Ding-ri; Chinese: 定日; Pinyin: Dìngrì) is a town in southern Tibet. It is in Tingri County, Shigatse Prefecture with a population of around 523. It is often used as a base by mountain climbers...

Nagqu Prefecture

Nagqu Prefecture (also Naqu or Nagchu); Tibetan: ནག་ཆུ་ས་ཁུལ་; Wylie: Nag-chu Sa-khul; simplified Chinese: 那曲地区; pinyin: Nàqū Dìqū) is the largest prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region. As of 2001 Nagqu has a population of 363,000 and has a...

Gyala Peri

Gyala Peri (Chinese: 加拉白垒, Pinyin: Jiālābáilěi) is the smaller sister peak to Namcha Barwa; the two peaks are the easternmost 7000 metre peaks in the Himalayas range. The height of this peak is also sometimes listed as 7150 m. Gyala Peri lies just...

Chamdo

Chamdo (Tibetan: ཆབ་མདོ་; Wylie: chab-mdo; officially: Qamdo; Chinese: 昌都; Pinyin: Chāngdū), population about 86.280 (1999)is a major town in the historical region of Kham in the eastern Tibet Autonomous Region. The capital of Qamdo County and the...

Time zone(s):

Chinese Standard Time

Gurla Mandhata

Gurla Mandhata, or Naimona'nyi or Memo Nani(Chinese: 納木那尼峰) is the highest peak of the Nalakankar Himal, a small subrange of the Himalaya. It lies in Burang County of the Ngari Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, near the northwest...

Rutog County

Rutog County (Tibetan: རུ་ཐོག་རྫོང་ wylie: ru thog rdzong; Chinese: 日土县; Pinyin:Rìtǔ Xiàn) is a large western territory of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Its capital, Rutog is located some 900 kilometres (560 mi) northwest of the Tibetan...

Area:

74,500 km² (28765 mi² )

Time zone(s):

Chinese Standard Time

Burang County

Burang County (Chinese: 普兰县; Pinyin: Pǔlán Xiàn) is called Purang in Tibetan, and the county capital is also known as Purang in Tibetan and Taklakot in Nepali. It is an administrative division under Ngari Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region of...

Area:

12,497 km² (4825.1 mi² )

Time zone(s):

Chinese Standard Time

Yangpachen

Yangbajain is a town approximately 87 kilometers (54 miles) north-west of Lhasa, halfway to Damxung in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The town lies in an upland lush green valley surrounded by the tents of Nomads with grazing yak and sheep...

Alamdo

Alamdo is a small town in Bomê County in the northern Nyingchi Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, at 30°40′0″N 94°16′0″E / 30.666667°N 94.266667°E / 30.666667; 94.266667. The old town lies at an altitude of 4238 metres, [13,907 feet]...

Arza

Arza (Chinese: 阿扎; Pinyin: Āzhā) is a small populated township east of Lhasa in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It belongs to Lhari County (Jiali Xian) of the Nagqu Prefecture. It has a population of around 215 people.

Asog

Asog is a village in Coqên County in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It lies at an altitude of 5,253 m, (17,237 ft) above sea level and has a population of about 28.

Bagar

Bagar (Chinese: 巴嘎; Pinyin: Bāgā) is a village in Lhari County, Nagqu Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It lies at an altitude of 5,195 metres, (17,047 feet) above sea level.

Baicang

Baicang is a village in the south-east of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies at an altitude of 4,354 metres (14,280 ft) just south of Nam Co lake. It has a population of about 551 people living within a 7 km radius.

Jaggang

Jaggang is a small western town in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is located in Rutog County in the Ngari Prefecture and is near the border with Kashmir. It lies at an altitude of 14,842 feet (4523 metres). The village has a population of...

Xagquka

Xagquka is a village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

Banggaidoi

Banggaidoi (Chinese: 邦格堆; Pinyin: Bānggéduī) is a township in Jomda County, Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

Baidi

Baidi (Chinese: 白地; Pinyin: Báidì) is a township in Nagarzê County, Shannan Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies at an altitude of 4919 metres (16141 feet) and is located about 75 miles south-west of Lhasa.

Baqên

Baqên Town (Wylie rdzong; Chinese: 巴青鎮; Pinyin: Bāqīng Zhèn) is a small town in Baqên County within the Nagchu Prefecture in the north of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is the district headquarters of Baqên County. It lies at an altitude...

Baima

Baima (Chinese: 白玛; Pinyin: Báimǎ) is a township in Baxoi County, Qamdo Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies at an altitude of 3,772 metres (12,378 feet). The village has a population of about 378.

Baimai

Baimai (Chinese: 八美; Pinyin: Bāměi) is a Township in Lhorong County, Qamdo Prefecture in the eastern Tibet Autonomous Region of China It lies at an altitude of 4,507 metres (14,789 feet) and is located some 48 km (30 miles) west of the village of...

Baixoi

Baixoi is a village in the Nyingchi Prefecture in the south-eastern Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies at an altitude of 4,116 metres (13,507 feet) and is located about 16 km (10 miles) north of the village of Goyu. Population of about 159.

Bamda

Bamda is a small town in the Nyingchi Prefecture in the south-east of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, roughly 1,000 km from Lhasa. It is basically an army garrison with a small Tibetan village around the corner. It lies at an altitude of 4,400...

Banag

Banag is a village in the Qamdo Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies at an altitude of 4,558 metres (14,957 feet) and is located about 15 km east of Gyorxung and 5.5 km north of Qu’nyido Population about 773.

Banbar

Banbar is a town and capital of Banbar County in the north-east of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies at an altitude of 4,246 m (13,933 ft.) and is located about 22 km east of Coka.

Tsozong Gongba Monastery

Tsozong Gongba Monastery (also Tsodzong or Tsomum, 1400 AD; meaning 'castle in a lake') is a small sacred chapel of the Nyingma (Red) tradition of Tibetan Buddhism (monks wear red hats - see the other two Red Hat Sects). Tsozong Gongba Monastery has...

Coqên County

Coqên County(Tibetan: མཚོ་ཆེན་རྫོང་ wylie: mtsho chen rdzong; Chinese: 措勤县; Pinyin:Cuòqín Xiàn) is a county in the Ngari Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is located on the border in the south-west of the country.

Gar County

Gar County (Tibetan: སྒར་རྫོང་ wylie: sgar rdzong; Chinese: 噶尔县; Pinyin:Gá'ěr Xiàn) is a county in the Ngari Prefecture of the western Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The main town is Ali, Tibet, once known as the city of Gar.

Zanda County

Zanda County (Tibetan: རྩ་མདའ་རྫོང་ wylie: rtsa mda' rdzong; Chinese: 札达县; Pinyin: Zhádá Xiàn) is a county in the Ngari Prefecture to the extreme south west of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

Baga, Tibet

Baga is a village in the south-east of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China and is located some 8.6 miles east of Tungdor, 35.4 kilometres (22.0 mi) south of Qomo and 25.6 kilometres (15.9 mi) south of Dagzê. It lies at an altitude of 3,964 metres ...