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Riwoqê County

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Country
  
China

Prefecture
  
Chamdo Prefecture

Area
  
5,887 km²

Province
  
Tibet

Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Riwoqê County

Riwoqê County, or Riwoche (Tibetan: རི་བོ་ཆེ་རྫོང་, Wylie ri bo che rdzong; Chinese: 类乌齐县; Pinyin: Lèiwūqí Xiàn) is a county of the Chamdo Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region.

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Map of Riwoqe, Qamdo, Tibet, China

Located in the former province of Kham, Riwoche Monastery located here became the seat of the Taklung Kagyu, one of the four chief schools of the Kagyu sect.

Transportation

  • China National Highway 214
  • China National Highway 317
  • References

    Riwoqê County Wikipedia


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