Kampa
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Kampa or Kamba Dzong,[1][2][3][a] (Gampa Dzong in Standard Tibetan,[6][b] and Gangba Xian in Chinese)[c] is a Tibetan town north of Sikkim.[8] It is the headequarters Kamba County in the Shigatse Prefecture. It is marked by an iconic hill-top fort, much admired by the expeditions travelling to Mount Everest during the early 20th century. It also used to be a border trading post for Sikkimese traders from North Sikkim, prior to the Chinese annexation of Tibet.
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