Kardze or Garzê (), called Ganzi in Chinese (), is a town and county seat in Kardze County, Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in western

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Province,

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. Despite Kardze Prefecture being named after the town, the prefecture capital is Kangding, 365 km to the southeast. As of 2010, Kardze was home to 16,920 inhabitants. Kardze is an ethnic Tibetan township and is located in the historical

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an region of

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. It contains the 15th century Kandze Monastery, home to over 500

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pa monks.

Geography

Kardze lies in the large Kardze valley at 3390 metres above sea level and is surrounded by rocky terrain and mountains. The

Yalong River The Yalong River ( zh, 雅砻江, Pinyin, p ''Yǎlóngjiāng'', Wade–Giles, w ''Ya-lung Chiang'', Help:IPA/Mandarin, IPA ), or Nyag Chu (Standard Tibetan, Tibetan: , Tibetan pinyin, z ''Nyag Qu''), is a major tributary ...

's tributary Rongcha River passes through the town from north to south.

Gallery

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Citations

Sources

* * Forbes, Andrew ; Henley, David (2011). ''China's Ancient Tea Horse Road''. Chiang Mai: Cognoscenti Books. ASIN: B005DQV7Q2 * Leffman, David, ''et al.'' (2005). ''The Rough Guide to China''. 4th Edition. Rough Guides, New York, London, Delhi. . * **

External links

Hudong Encyclopedia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Garze Town Populated places in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Towns in Sichuan es:Ganzi