Sangri County
County in Tibet, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sangri County (Tibetan: ཟངས་རི་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 桑日县) is a county of Shannan in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.[2]
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Sangri County
桑日县 • ཟངས་རི་རྫོང་། | |
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Coordinates (Sangri County government): 29°15′34″N 92°01′04″E | |
Country | China |
Autonomous region | Tibet |
Prefecture-level city | Shannan (Lhokha) |
County seat | Sangri |
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• Total | 2,632.18 km2 (1,016.29 sq mi) |
Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 18,041 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Website | www |
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Simplified Chinese | 桑日县 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 桑日縣 | ||||||
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Tibetan | ཟངས་རི་རྫོང་། | ||||||
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It is home to Wolkha Cholung Monastery, founded as a hermitage in 1393 by Tsongkhapa.[3][4]