Saga (Tibetan: Kyakyaru) is a town and township, and the seat of
Saga County
Saga County (; ) is a county of the prefecture-level city of Xigazê in the Tibet Autonomous Region, bordering Nepal to the west and southwest.
Dajia Lake and Jiesa Lake lies in the county.
Town and townships
* Gya'gya Town (, ) - Saga, Tibet ...
in
Shigatse Prefecture
Shigatse, officially known as Xigazê (; Nepali: ''सिगात्से''), is a prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. Its area of jurisdiction, with an area of , corresponds to the histor ...
, in southern
Tibet
Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa people, ...
. It lies at an altitude of 4,640 metres (15,223 ft.)
Description
Saga ("happy land") is an army town with a Chinese garrison which patrols the whole length of the Tibetan-
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
ese border (and often conducts target practice with machine guns very close to the town).
Saga straddles the Dargye Tsangpo river above its junction with the
Brahmaputra River
The Brahmaputra is a trans-boundary river which flows through Tibet, northeast India, and Bangladesh. It is also known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibetan, the Siang/Dihang River in Arunachali, Luit in Assamese, and Jamuna River in Bangla. It ...
. It is strategically located at the junction of three roads - the
Lhartse road coming from the east, the
Dzongka road from the south and the
Purang and
Drongpa roads from the west. Saga is also an important stop-off point for pilgrims and tourists on the way to visiting
Mount Kailash
Mount Kailash (also Kailasa; ''Kangrinboqê'' or ''Gang Rinpoche''; Standard Tibetan, Tibetan: གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ; ; sa, कैलास, ), is a mountain in the Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It h ...
being the last town on the southern route with supplies for travellers, having both a store and a restaurant and several guest houses and hotels.
[Mayhew and Bradley (2005), pp. 203–204.]
Footnotes
References
*Buckley, Michael and Robert Strauss. (1986). ''Tibet: A Survival Kit''. Lonely Planet, St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia. .
*Dorje, Gyume. (1999).'' Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan''. 2nd Edition. Footprint Handbooks, Bath, England. .
*Mayhew, Bradley and Michael Khohn. (2005). ''Tibet''. 6th Edition. Lonely Planet. .
External links
Wikimapia
{{Xigaze Prefecture
Populated places in Shigatse
Saga County