township
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
located in the
Zayul County
Zayul County
() KNAB, retrieved 5 July 2021.
Nyingchi Prefecture
Nyingchi (), also known as Linzhi and as Nyingtri, is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China. The administrative seat of Nyingchi is Bayi District.
Nyingchi is the location of Buchu Monastery.
Economy ...
in eastern
Tibet Autonomous Region
The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a Provinces of China, province-level Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China in Southwest China. I ...
, China.Nyingchi Prefecture-Level City KNAB place name databse, retrieved 5 July 2021.
The centre of the township is the town Sangachu Dzong (; ). It is now referred to as Goyul Town. It lies at an
altitude
Altitude or height (also sometimes known as depth) is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum and a point or object. The exact definition and reference datum varies according to the context ...
of , at the location where
Zang Chu Zang may refer to:
* Official abbreviation for Tibet Autonomous Region (藏)
* Tibetan people
* Zang (bell) Perisan musical instrument
* Zang (surname) (臧), a Chinese surname
* Zang, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran
* Persian form of Zanj ...
(Sangachu),Is it the source of the Irrawadi or Salwin? Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record, Volume 9, 1887, p.309.
the eastern source stream of
Zayul Chu
The Lohit River, also known as the Zayul Chu by the Tibetans and Tellu by the Mishmis, is a river in China and India, which joins the Brahmaputra River in the state of Assam. It is formed in the Zayul County of the Tibet Autonomous Region, t ...
, descends into its valley. (In current European terminology, Zang Chu is in fact regarded as the main Zayul Chu, and the western headwater
Kangri Karpo Chu
The Lohit River, also known as the Zayul Chu by the Tibetans and Tellu by the Mishmis, is a river in China and India, which joins the Brahmaputra River in the state of Assam. It is formed in the Zayul County of the Tibet Autonomous Region, t ...
is regarded as its tributary. However, the Tibetans regard both the rivers with equal status.)
A large plain is formed near Goyul, where three or more headwaters of Zang Chu meet. According to the British explorer Frank Kingdon Ward, four villages were formed in the plain, one of which is traditionally called Gochen (; ), which has effectively lent its name to the entire region. The Sangachu Dzong fort and monastery stand on an elevated shoulder of the plain, while the river itself flows in a deep trench.
Prior to the Chinese administration of Tibet, Sangachu Dzong served as the capital of the
Zayul County
Zayul County
() KNAB, retrieved 5 July 2021.
Rima
Rima, also known as Rima the Jungle Girl, is the fictional heroine of W. H. Hudson's 1904 novel '' Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest''. In it, Rima, a primitive girl of the shrinking rain forest of South America, meets Abel, a pol ...
. The capital has since been moved to
Kyigang
Zayul County
() KNAB, retrieved 5 July 2021.
List of towns and villages in Tibet
This is an alphabetical list of all populated places, including cities, towns and villages, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of western China.
A
*Alamdo
*Alhar
*Arza
*Asog
B
*Baga, Tibet, Baga
*Bagar
*Baidi, Nagarzê County, Baidi
*Baima
* ...