🧿 Tsaparang

People's Republic of China · Asia · 31.47°N, 79.67°E

Tsaparang was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Guge in the Garuda Valley, through which the upper Sutlej River flows, in Ngari Prefecture near the border of Ladakh. It is 278 km south-southwest of Senggezangbo Town and 26 km west of the 11th-century monastery at Tholing, and not far west of Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar. The Tsaparang Dzong was located here. Nearby is the Bon monastery of Gurugem.

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Country	People's Republic of China
Continent / region	Asia
Coordinates (approx.)	31.47°N, 79.67°E · view on map

Tsaparang is located in People's Republic of China, in Asia.

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