Tashigang, Ngari Prefecture

Tashigang
བཀྲ་ཤིས་སྒང་་
Zhaxigang Village
Tashigang is located in Tibet
Tashigang
Tashigang
Coordinates: 32°30′35″N 79°40′34″E / 32.50972°N 79.67611°E / 32.50972; 79.67611
CountryChina
RegionTibet
PrefectureNgari Prefecture
CountyGar County
Postal code
859000
Area code0897
Zhaxigang
Chinese西
Simplified Chinese扎西岗村
Hanyu PinyinZhā xī gǎng cūn
Literal meaning"Tashigang Village"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhā xī gǎng cūn

Tashigang[1][a] (Tibetan: བཀྲ་ཤིས་སྒང་, Wylie: bkra shis sgang, THL: tra shi gang, transl. "auspicious hillock"),[9] with a Chinese spelling Zhaxigang (Chinese: 扎西崗村; pinyin: Zhā xī gǎng cūn), is a village in the Gar County of the Ngari Prefecture, Tibet.[10][11][12] The village forms the central district of the Zhaxigang Township. It houses an ancient monastery dating to the 11th century.

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  2. ^ Shakabpa, One Hundred Thousand Moons (2009), pp. 583–584.
  3. ^ Strachey, Capt. H. (1853). "Physical Geography of Western Tibet". The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, Volume 23. Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). pp. 1–68.
  4. ^ Gazetteer of Kashmir and Ladak (1890), p. 374.
  5. ^ Arpi, Claude (December 2016) [abridged version published in Indian Defence Review, 19 May 2017], The Case of Demchok (PDF)
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  7. ^ Report of the Officials, Indian Report (2016), p. 42 (SW80).
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Desideri was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "Tashigang Border Defense Company's "defense those things"". China Youth Daily. 4 November 2011. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012.
  10. ^ "Introduction to Zhaxigang Village". www.tcmap.com.cn. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Tibetan departments to change the style of work". China News Service. 16 October 2013.
  12. ^ "Tibet 10,000 cadres relayed to the village work to serve the masses". www.gov.cn. 16 November 2015.


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