Batang, Sichuan
Batang Town (Tibetan: འབའ་ཐང; Chinese: 巴塘; pinyin: Bātáng), officially Xiaqiong Town (Tibetan: བྱ་ཁྱུང་ཀྲེན།, Wylie: bya khyung kren; Chinese: 夏邛镇; pinyin: Xiàqióng Zhèn), is a town in Batang County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, in the China on the main route between Chengdu and Lhasa, Tibet, and just east of the Jinsha ('Golden Sands') River, or Upper Yangtze River. It is at an elevation of 2,700 metres (8,900 feet).
Batang Town | |
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Town | |
| Xiaqiong Town | |
| Tibetan transcription(s) | |
| • Tibetan | བྱ་ཁྱུང་ཀྲེན། |
| • Wylie | bya khyung kren |
| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| • Chinese | 夏邛镇 |
| • Pinyin | Xiàqióng Zhèn |
Bistro in Batang | |
Batang Town | |
| Coordinates: 30°01′N 99°07′E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture | Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture |
| County | Batang County |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
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