🧭 Gya'nyima

People's Republic of China · Asia · 30.76°N, 80.60°E

Gyanema or Gya'nyima (Tibetan: རྒྱ་ཉི་མ, Wylie: rgya nyi ma, THL: gya nyi ma) is a large plain at the border between the Zanda County and Burang County in western Tibet, which was once used for an annual market of Indo-Tibetan trade. The border has been sealed and the market shut down since the Sino-Indian War of 1962. At the present time, there is only a small settlement at the western edge of the plain called Xilanta, where China operates a military outpost.

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Country	People's Republic of China
Continent / region	Asia
Coordinates (approx.)	30.76°N, 80.60°E · view on map

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

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