Kangmar Town () is a town in the
Kangmar County
Kangmar County (; zh, s=康马县) is a county of Xigazê in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, bordering India's Sikkim
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of the
Shigatse Prefecture
Shigatse, officially known as Xigazê () or Rikaze ( zh, s=日喀则, p=Rìkāzé), is a prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. Its area of jurisdiction, with an area of , corresponds to the histo ...
in the
Tibet Autonomous Region
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of
China
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, at an elevation of 5,358 m (17,581 ft). It lies very close to the border with
Bhutan
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.
Populated places in Tibet
Township-level divisions of Tibet
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