Yatung
ཤར་གསིང་མ་ · 下司马镇 Shasima, Xarsingma | |
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| Xiasima | |
 Upper Yatung, 1937 | |
  Yatung | |
| Coordinates: 27°28′55″N 88°54′26″E / 27.4819°N 88.9073°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Tibet |
| Prefecture-level city | Xigazê |
| County | Yadong |
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| • Major Nationalities | Tibetan |
| • Regional dialect | Tibetan language |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
Yatung[1] or Yadong,[2] also known as Shasima (Tibetan: ཤར་གསིང་མ་, Wylie: shar gsing ma, THL: sharsingma, simplified Chinese: 下司马镇; traditional Chinese: 下司馬鎮; pinyin: Xiàsīmǎ Zhèn),[1][a] is the principal town in the Chumbi Valley or Yadong County in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is also its administrative headquarters.
- ^ a b Richardson, Hugh (1998). High Peaks, Pure Earth: Collected Writings on Tibetan History and Culture. Serindia Publications. p. 547. ISBN 978-0-906026-46-5.
The area of the Trade Marts was enlarged, and the site in the Chumbi valley was confirmed at Shasima (New Yatung) instead of at Old Yatung which had proved quite unsuitable.
- ^ a b "Chumbi Valley". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Krishnan, Ananth. "Tibet border town hopes for opening to India". India Today. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
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