Dêqên, Lhasa

Dêqên Town
བདེ་ཆེན་
Dêqên Town
Location within Tibet Autonomous Region
Coordinates: 29°40′21″N 91°21′10″E / 29.672447°N 91.352817°E / 29.672447; 91.352817Coordinates: 29°40′21″N 91°21′10″E / 29.672447°N 91.352817°E / 29.672447; 91.352817
Country China
Region Tibet Autonomous Region
Prefecture Nyingchi
Nearby settlements (distance)

Baga 
15.9 mi (26 km)
Bayizhen 
9.2 mi (15 km)
Puqu 
6 mi (10 km)
Pula 
6.2 mi (10 km)

Qomo 
8.2 mi (13 km)
Population
 • Major Nationalities Tibetan
 • Regional dialect Tibetan language
Time zone +8

Dêqên (Tibetan: བདེ་ཆེན་), or Deqing in Chinese (simplified Chinese: 德庆; traditional Chinese: 德慶), is a town and the seat of Dagzê County, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is near Ganden Monastery, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Lhasa.[1]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Buckley, Michael and Strauss, Robert. Tibet: a travel survival kit, p. 150. (1986) Lonely Planet Publications, Victoria, Australia. ISBN 0-908086-88-1.


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