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Dêqên, Lhasa

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(Redirected from Dêqên Town) Town in Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China
Dêqên བདེ་ཆེན་ · 德庆镇
Town
Dêqên is located in TibetDêqênDêqênLocation within the Tibet Autonomous Region
Coordinates (Dêqên government): 29°40′09″N 91°22′00″E / 29.6692°N 91.3667°E / 29.6692; 91.3667
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionTibet Autonomous Region
Prefecture-level cityLhasa
DistrictDagzê
Nearby settlements (distance)Baga 
15.9 mi (26 km)

Bayizhen 
9.2 mi (15 km)

Puqu 
6 mi (10 km)

Pula 
6.2 mi (10 km)

Qomo 
8.2 mi (13 km)
Population
 • Major NationalitiesTibetan
 • Regional dialectTibetan language
Time zoneUTC+8 (CST)

Dêqên (Tibetan: བདེ་ཆེན་, Wylie: déchen), or Deqing in Chinese (simplified Chinese: 德庆; traditional Chinese: 德慶; pinyin: Déqìng), is a town and the seat of Dagzê District, Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is near Ganden Monastery, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of central Lhasa.

Footnotes

  1. Buckley, Michael and Strauss, Robert. Tibet: a travel survival kit, p. 150. (1986) Lonely Planet Publications, Victoria, Australia. ISBN 0-908086-88-1.
Township-level divisions of Lhasa
Chengguan
Doilungdêqên
Dagzê
Lhünzhub County
Damxung County
Nyêmo County
Qüxü County
Maizhokunggar County


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