Gyantse
Gyantse, officially Gyangzê Town (also spelled Gyangtse; Tibetan: རྒྱལ་རྩེ, Wylie: rgyal rtse, ZYPY: Gyangzê; simplified Chinese: 江孜镇; traditional Chinese: 江孜鎮; pinyin: Jiāngzī Zhèn), is a town located in Gyantse County, Shigatse Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It was historically considered the third largest and most prominent town in the Tibet region (after Lhasa, and Shigatse), but there are now at least ten larger Tibetan cities.
Gyantse
རྒྱལ་རྩེ · 江孜镇 | |
|---|---|
| Gyangzê | |
View of Old Gyantse and Palcho Monastery from Gyantse Dzong | |
Gyantse Location in the Tibet Autonomous Region | |
| Coordinates (Gyantse town government): 28°54′53″N 89°36′16″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Tibet Autonomous Region |
| Prefecture-level city | Shigatse |
| County | Gyantse |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 11,039 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
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