Tashigang, Ngari Prefecture
Tashigang (Tibetan: བཀྲ་ཤིས་སྒང་, Wylie: bkra shis sgang, THL: tra shi gang, transl. "auspicious hillock"), 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. The village forms the central district of the Zhaxigang Township. It houses an ancient monastery dating to the 11th century.
Tashigang
བཀྲ་ཤིས་སྒང་་ | |
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| Zhaxigang Village | |
Tashigang | |
| Coordinates: 32°30′35″N 79°40′34″E | |
| Country | China |
| Region | Tibet |
| Prefecture | Ngari Prefecture |
| County | Gar County |
| Postal code | 859000 |
| Area code | 0897 |
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| Chinese | 扎西崗村 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 扎西岗村 | ||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhā xī gǎng cūn | ||||||
| Literal meaning | "Tashigang Village" | ||||||
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