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'''Gyaca County''', ({{bo|t=རྒྱ་ཚ་རྫོང་|w=rgya tsha rdzong}}; Gyatsa; [[Chinese character|Chinese]]: 加查县; [[Pinyin]]: Jiāchá Xiàn) is a county of the [[Shannan Prefecture]] located in the south-east of the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]], China. |
'''Gyaca County''', ({{bo|t=རྒྱ་ཚ་རྫོང་|w=rgya tsha rdzong}}; Gyatsa; [[Chinese character|Chinese]]: 加查县; [[Pinyin]]: Jiāchá Xiàn) is a county of the [[Shannan Prefecture]] located in the south-east of the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]], China. |
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Gyatsa County is in the south of Tibet, stretching from the [[Podrang La]] pass along the southern side of the Brahmaputra River downstream to [[Pamda]] which is just to the southwest of [[Daklha Gampo]], across the [[Brahmaputra]]. The county capital is in the town of [[Gyaca (village)|Gyaca]] or Drumpa (46 km west of Pamda) which is alongside the [[Drakpo Dratsang Monastery]]. It is renowned for its walnuts and apricots.<ref> |
Gyatsa County is in the south of Tibet, stretching from the [[Podrang La]] pass along the southern side of the Brahmaputra River downstream to [[Pamda]] which is just to the southwest of [[Daklha Gampo]], across the [[Brahmaputra]]. The county capital is in the town of [[Gyaca (village)|Gyaca]] or Drumpa (46 km west of Pamda) which is alongside the [[Drakpo Dratsang Monastery]]. It is renowned for its walnuts and apricots.<ref name=GD>{{Cite book |
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| author = Gyurme Dorje |
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| authorlink = Gyurme Dorje |
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| title = Tibet Handbook with Bhutan |
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| edition= 2nd |
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| year = 1999 |
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| location = Bath, UK |
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|publisher = Footprint Handbooks |
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|isbn= 978-1-900949-33-0 |
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|pages=230}}</ref> |
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[[Lhamo La-tso]], the small oval 'Oracle Lake', where senior Tibetan monks go for visions to assist in the discovery of [[reincarnation]]s of the [[Dalai Lama]]s is located in Gyaca County, |
[[Lhamo La-tso]], the small oval 'Oracle Lake', where senior Tibetan monks go for visions to assist in the discovery of [[reincarnation]]s of the [[Dalai Lama]]s is located in Gyaca County, |
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| Country | China |
| Province | Tibet |
| Prefecture | Shannan Prefecture |
| Capital | Gyaca |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Gyaca County, (Tibetan: རྒྱ་ཚ་རྫོང་, Wylie: rgya tsha rdzong; Gyatsa; Chinese: 加查县; Pinyin: Jiāchá Xiàn) is a county of the Shannan Prefecture located in the south-east of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Gyatsa County is in the south of Tibet, stretching from the Podrang La pass along the southern side of the Brahmaputra River downstream to Pamda which is just to the southwest of Daklha Gampo, across the Brahmaputra. The county capital is in the town of Gyaca or Drumpa (46 km west of Pamda) which is alongside the Drakpo Dratsang Monastery. It is renowned for its walnuts and apricots.[1]
Lhamo La-tso, the small oval 'Oracle Lake', where senior Tibetan monks go for visions to assist in the discovery of reincarnations of the Dalai Lamas is located in Gyaca County,
Settlements
Footnotes
- ^ Gyurme Dorje (1999). Tibet Handbook with Bhutan (2nd ed.). Bath, UK: Footprint Handbooks. p. 230. ISBN 978-1-900949-33-0.
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