Tibet Autonomous RegionAutonomous region of ChinaAutonomous region in ChinaTibet Autonomous RegionSimplified Chinese西藏自治区Traditional Chinese西藏自治區Hanyu PinyinXīzàng ZìzhìqūTibetan nameTibetanབོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།Manchu nameManchu scriptᠸᠠᡵᡤᡳᡩᡯᠠᠩRomanizationwargi DzangMongolian nameMongolianTöbhödiin öörtöö zasakh oronThe Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), often shortened in English to Tibet and sometimes to Xizang, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China.
ChinaCountry in East AsiaChina, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is divided into 33 province-level divisions, including two special administrative regions. Beijing is the capital, while Shanghai is the most populous city by urban area. Its geography features the Central Plain, major rivers such as the Yangtze and Yellow River, deserts, subtropical and temperate forests, plateaus, and mountain ranges such as the Himalayas.CuozheqiangmaCuozheqiangmaxiang (Chinese: 措折强玛乡) is a township in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.Zhujia, TibetZhujia (Tibetan: གྲུབ་བརྒྱ།, Chinese: 朱加) is a village in Lhünzhub County in the Lhasa Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region, in China. It lies 25.5 kilometres (15.8 mi) by road west of Lhünzhub, near Hutoushan Reservoir. By road it is 90 kilometres (56 mi) from Lhasa, but considerably nearer to the north as the road forks around much further to the east first before approaching Lhünzhub and Zhujia.
Rutog CountyTibetan nameTibetanརུ་ཐོག་རྫོང་།Rutog County (Tibetan: རུ་ཐོག་རྫོང་།, Chinese: 日土县) is a county in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The county seat is the new Rutog Town, located some 1,140 km (710 mi) or 700 miles west-northwest of the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. Rutog County shares a border with India, which is disputed.
Rutog TownThe Rutog Town (Tibetan: རུ་ཐོང་གྲོང་རྡལ, ZWPY: Rutog Chongdai), called Rituzhen in Chinese (Chinese: ; pinyin: Rìtǔ zhèn), is a town and the seat of Rutog County in the far western Tibet Autonomous Region. It is also a major military base for China near the disputed border with India allowing it to press its claims militarily. The town was built around in 1999 by the Chinese administration of Tibet on the China National Highway 219.Risum TownshipRisum Township (Tibetan: རི་གསུམ་ཤང, Wylie: ri gsum shang) or Risong Township (simplified Chinese: 日松乡; traditional Chinese: 日松鄉; pinyin: Rìsōng Xiāng), traditionally called Roksum in English, is a township of Rutog County, in far western Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. It is directly serviced by China National Highway 219. The closest airport is the Ali Kunsha Airport.
Codoi TownshipChundui (Chinese: 春堆; pinyin: Chūnduī; Standard Tibetan: མཚོ་སྟོད་) is a township in Lhünzhub County, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, about 30 km (19 mi) north of the urban area of Lhasa. It comprises three villages: Chunduicun (春堆村), Kadongcun (卡东村), and Luobaduicun (洛巴堆村).Ngarnang TownshipNgarnang (Chinese: 阿朗; pinyin: Ālǎng) is a village and township-level division of Lhünzhub County, in the Lhasa Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
Poindo TownshipPoindo is a village and township in Lhünzhub, Lhasa in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.JaggangChakgang, or Jaggang (Tibetan: ལྕགས་སྒང, Wylie: lcags sgang; Chinese: 甲岗; pinyin: Jiǎ gǎng, often transliterated as Jiagang), is a village in the Rutog County, Ngari Prefecture in the Tibet region of China. It is located on a wide plain at a major junction in the Maga Zangbo valley where several tributary streams join the river. It is traditionally known for its barley cultivation.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.