Kyirong Town
Kyirong or Gyirong (Tibetan: སྐྱིད་གྲོང་, Wylie: skyid grong, THL: kyi rong), Jilong in Chinese (Chinese: 吉隆鎮; pinyin: Jílóng zhèn) and Kerung in Nepalese (Nepali: केरुङ), is a town situated in the southern part of Gyirong County in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The town is situated on the east bank of Kyirong Tsangpo, a source stream of the Trishuli River, at an elevation of about 2,700 metres (8,900 ft). It has a subtropical mountain monsoon climate, with reasonable precipitation and warm weather, unusual for Tibet.
Kyirong Town
སྐྱིད་གྲོང་ · 吉隆镇 · केरुङ | |
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Town | |
| Gyirong Town | |
Kyirong Town Location in Tibet Automomous Region | |
| Coordinates (Kyirong Town government): 28°23′36″N 85°19′45″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Tibet |
| Prefecture-level city | Shigatse |
| County | Gyirong |
| Elevation | 2,774 m (9,101 ft) |
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