Tsetang (Tibetan: རྩེད་ཐང, Wylie: rtsed thang, THL: tsé tang) or Zedang (Chinese: 泽当镇; pinyin: Zé dāng zhèn), is the fourth largest city in Tibet and...
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Lakhang) is an ancient structure in the Yarlung Valley in the vicinity of Tsetang, Nêdong County, the seat of Lhoka Prefecture, in Tibet. According to legend...
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Monastery (Chokhor-gyal) close to lake Lhamo La-tso, about 115 km northeast of Tsetang and at an altitude of 4,500 m (14,764 ft), while the lake itself is at...
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Shigatse: Sakya Monastery, North Base Camp of Mt. Everest, Rongbuk Monastery Tsetang: Samye Monastery, Valley of the Kings, Changdruk Temple, Yungbulakang Palace...
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Lhasa area, smaller Muslim communities and mosques exist in Shigatse, Tsetang, and Chengguan. Their forefathers were Hui, and because they have lived...
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of the Shannan Prefecture and includes the capital of the prefecture, Tsetang, one of Tibet's largest cities, 183 km southeast of Lhasa. 29°12′N 91°46′E...
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ethnic groups. Shannan has 1 district and 11 counties and its capital is Tsetang, which is located 183 kilometres from Lhasa. It covers an area of 79,700...
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county, at the entry of the Namrab Valley, 87 kilometres (54 mi) from Tsetang. Within a radius of 30 kilometres (19 mi) the airport is surrounded by...
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when it was blown off-course by strong wind. All five onboard landed near Tsetang, Tibet, and became some of the first Americans to visit Lhasa. The worst...
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is an ancient Buddhist temple located near the old Tibetan village of Tsetang in the province of Tibet. Only ruins remain of the temple which was built...
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same valley, and also of Tai Situ Jangchub Gyeltsen who ruled Tibet from Tsetang, and was persecuted for his supposed Drigungpa loyalties. There is evidence...
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compiler of the first Tibetan canon of Buddhism, Buton. Yarlung Museum, Tsetang (From the On ke ru Lha khang monastery) Astasahahasrika Prajnaparamita...
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1980 1 E70 Guigala Tunnel China (Xizang) 12.790 km (7.9 mi) 2024 2 Lhasa-Tsetang Expressway KPE & MCE Expressway Tunnel Singapore 12.46 km (7.7 mi) 2013...
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seat: Lhasa. Changgyu Chikyap [zh], seat: Nagqu. Lhoka Chikyap [zh], seat: Tsetang. Dakong Chikyap [zh], seat: rtse-la. Ngari Chikyap [zh] also known as Ngari...
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Tibet Autonomous Region, about seven kilometres south of the county seat, Tsetang. Tradruk Monastery is the largest and most important of the surviving royal...
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Inaugurates Airport Expressway, CRI. express ... 2011. National Highway 349 Tsetang to Gonggar Airport Highway begins trial operations. "430 million yuan in...
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series of graveyard tumuli, approximately 27 kilometres (17 mi) south of Tsetang, Tibet, near the town of Qonggyai on Mure Mountain in Qonggyai County of...
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Zhaqi station 扎其站 Jinlu station 金鲁站 Nêdong District Jiacun station 甲村站 Tsetang station རྩེ་ཐང། 泽当站 Mingze station 明则站 Sangri station ཟངས་རི་ 桑日站 Sangri...
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the entire year. Transport services along the route between Lhasa and Tsetang were also carried out by villagers. Chun is situated on the east bank of...
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out of fuel. The five American crew members parachuted and landed near Tsetang in Tibet. After reaching Lhasa, they stayed at the British mission for...
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945m Guigala Tunnel (圭嘎拉隧道) Tibet 12.945 km (8.044 mi) 2024 2x2 Lhasa-Tsetang Expressway Left tube: 12,878m, Right tube: 12,945m Elevation: 4,300m Daliangshan...
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established an important Kagyu monastery at the ancient Tibetan capital of Tsetang. This was later dismantled during the time of the 7th Dalai Lama (18th...
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Chokorgyel Monastery itself is about 115 kilometres (71 mi) northeast of Tsetang and about 160 km (99 mi) southeast of Lhasa, at an altitude of 4,500 metres...
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the Jonang school of Tibetan Buddhism, working with Sonam Rinchenpa and Tsetang Shakya Sanggye. Jangsem also trained with Sakya lamas and studied the collected...
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earned fame as builder. In 1351 or 1352 he founded the great monastery of Tsetang with a college for debates on logic. He also gave subsidies to the meditation...
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Lagung but they had to turn to the north to follow the Tsangpo upstream to Tsetang where they left the river and headed south through eastern Bhutan to Trashigang...
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Autonomous region Tibet Prefecture-level city Shannan (Lhoka) District seat Tsetang Subdistrict Area • Total 2,184.98 km2 (843.63 sq mi) Population (2020)...
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Choede Monastery is located. It is mentioned that between Gongkar and Tsetang there are seven gompas of the Sakyapa sect, including the Gongkar Dorjeden...
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the large-scale introduction of prostitution, especially to Lhasa and Tsetang, took place in 1990 as a result of the influx of a predominantly male working...
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Valley, 96 kilometres (60 mi) from Lhasa and 87 kilometres (54 mi) from Tsetang, the capital of Shannan. The county is bounded by the Mount Chuwaru (held...
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