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(Redirected from Risong) Township in Tibet, People's Republic of China
Risum Township རི་གསུམ་ཤངRoksum
Township
Risong Township
Risong is located in TibetRisongRisongLocation in Tibet
Coordinates: 33°11.0′N 79°50.4′E / 33.1833°N 79.8400°E / 33.1833; 79.8400
CountryPeople's Republic of China
RegionTibet
PrefectureNgari
CountyRutog
Elevation4,335 m (14,222 ft)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Risum Township (Tibetan: རི་གསུམ་ཤང, Wylie: ri gsum shang) or Risong Township (simplified Chinese: 日松乡; traditional Chinese: 日松鄉; pinyin: Rìsōng Xiāng), traditionally called Roksum in English, is a township of Rutog County, in far western Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. It is directly serviced by China National Highway 219. The closest airport is the Ali Kunsha Airport.

Villages

Villages incorporated in the township are:

Notes

  1. Alternative spelling: Rokjung (Tibetan: རུ་ཟུང, Wylie: ru zung.)

References

  1. Risum, geonames.org, retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Geographical names of Tibet AR (China): Ngari prefecture". KNAB Place Name Database. Institute of the Estonian Language. 2018-06-03.
  3. Webster's Color Atlas of the World, Crescent Books, 1982, page 61.
  4. Motgomerie, Report of the Trans-Himalayan Explorations during 1868 (1870), p. 48.
  5. 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:日土县 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  6. Risong Township, National Bureau of Statistics, retrieved 30 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Risong Township, Rutog, Tibet, China". www.cfguide.com. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  8. &Diacritics=DC Risum (Approved - N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

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