Shelkar
Shelkar or Shekar, (Tibetan: ཤེལ་དཀར་, "white crystal") also called New Tingri, is the administrative centre for Tingri County, Shigatse Prefecture in southern Tibet Autonomous Region.
Shelkar
ཤེལ་དཀར་ New Tingri / Shegar / Shekar | |
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Town | |
| Xêgar 协格尔 | |
Shelkar | |
| Coordinates: 28°39′30″N 87°07′20″E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Tibet Autonomous Region |
| Prefecture | Shigatse Prefecture |
| County | Tingri County |
| Elevation | 4,330 m (14,210 ft) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 8,767 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
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