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Maizhokunggar, China

工卡镇

Maizhokunggar is a town of 49,511 people in Tibet, China.

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Population49,511 GeoNames
Local name工卡镇
RegionTibet
Elevation3,818 m 12,526 ft
Time zoneAsia/Shanghai
Nearest airportLhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) 100 km

About Maizhokunggar

Kunggar or Maizhokunggar is a small town and the seat of Maizhokunggar County in the Lhasa Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is especially noted for its pottery, which non-corrodible, heat retaining and in an ethnic style. It has a more-than-1000-year-old history.

From the Wikipedia article Kunggar (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Churches and places of worship1

Uru Katshel

Place of worship · Tibetan · 1.9 km

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Getting there and nearby towns

Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 100 km away.

  • Dagzê 41 km southwest, about 41 min by car
  • Lhünzhub 45 km west, about 45 min by car
  • Lhasa 64 km west, about 1 h by car
  • Lhoka 66 km south, about 1 h by car
  • Chéngguān Qū 70 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
  • Doilungdêqên 74 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car

Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.

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