Bangxing (
Tibetan: སྤང་ཤིང་;) is a
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
in
Medog County,
Tibet Autonomous Region
The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), often shortened to Tibet in English or Xizang in Pinyin, Hanyu Pinyin, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China. It was established in 1965 to replace the ...
of the People's Republic of China.
[ Wu Zhenhua (武振华), Xizang Diming (西藏地名; Place Names in Tibet), p.35, Chinese Zangxue Press (中国藏学出版社) 1996, ] It lies at an
altitude
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of . Its population in 2007 was 1,351, the town is located in the traditional province of
Pemako, most of the inhabitants are
Tshangla speakers.
See also
*
List of towns and villages in Tibet Autonomous Region
Notes
External links and references
NCIKU Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary
Populated places in Shigatse
Township-level divisions of Tibet
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