Babang_Township,_Sichuan

Babang Township, Sichuan

Babang Township, Sichuan

Township in Sichuan, China

Babang (Tibetan: Palpung; Chinese: 八邦乡; pinyin: Bābāng Xiāng) is a rural Tibetan township in Dêgê County, Garzê Prefecture, Sichuan, China.[1] The township is primarily concentrated around the Pal Chu (Chinese: 白曲; pinyin: Bái Qū) river in the western reaches of the Chola Mountains on the east side of the Jinsha River.[2] The township contains significant remaining tracts of the Hengduan conifer forests.

Palpung Monastery
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Babang is known for the 18th-century Palpung Monastery located on a ridge approximately 160 m (520 ft) above the centre of the township.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "BĀBĀNG XIĀNG". City Population. www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  2. [2]
    McCue, Gary (2010). Trekking Tibet: A Traveler's Guide. Seattle, WA: The Mountaineer's Books. ISBN 9781594852664.
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