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Risum Township
geonames.org, retrieved 30 October 2022.
() or Risong Township
(),
[
] traditionally called Roksum in English,
is a
township
A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
of
Rutog County
Rutog County
(, zh, s=日土县) is a Counties of China, county in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The county seat is the new Rutog Town, located some or 700 miles west-northwest of the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. Rutog Co ...
, in far western
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 ...
, People's Republic of China. It is directly serviced by
China National Highway 219
China National Highway 219 (G219; Chinese language, Chinese: ''Guódào219'') is a highway which runs along the entire western and southern border of the People's Republic of China, from Kom-Kanas Mongolian Ethnic Township, Kom-Kanas Mongolian et ...
.
The closest airport is the
Ali Kunsha Airport.
Villages
Villages incorporated in the township are:
Risong Township
National Bureau of Statistics, retrieved 30 October 2022.
* Deru Village (德汝村)[, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency] lies at an altitude of . The village has a population of about 14 people. It is located south of Pangong Tso
Pangong Tso or Pangong Lake (; zh, s=班公错, p=Bān gōng cuò; ) is an endorheic lake spanning eastern Ladakh and Ngari Prefecture, West Tibet situated at an elevation of . It is long and divided into five sublakes, called ''Pangong Tso' ...
, a large lake, and north of the seat of Ngari Prefecture
Ngari Prefecture () or Ali Prefecture ( zh, s=阿里地区 , t=阿里地區 , p=Ālǐ Dìqū) is a prefecture of China's Tibet Autonomous Region covering Western Tibet, whose traditional name is Ngari Khorsum. Its administrative centre and large ...
. It lies approximately south of Rutog and north of Jaggang
Chakgang,
or Jaggang
(;
, often transliterated Jiagang),
is a village in the Rutog County, Ngari Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet region of China. It is on a wide plain at a major junction in the Maga Zangbo valley where sever ...
.
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Populated places in Tibet
Township-level divisions of Tibet
Rutog County
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