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Nyalam Town གཉའ་ལམ་གྲོང་བརྡལ · 聂拉木镇
Town
Nyalam Town
Coordinates (Nyalam Town government): 28°09′26″N 85°58′45″E / 28.1572°N 85.9793°E / 28.1572; 85.9793
Country	People's Republic of China
Autonomous region	Tibet
Prefecture-level city	Xigaze
Elevation	3,750 m (12,300 ft)

Nyalam (Chinese: 聂拉木; Tibetan: གཉའ་ལམ) is a small town in and the county seat of Nyalam County in the Shigatse Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region, near the Nepal border. It is 35 km from Zhangmu town in the same county, which is the point of entry to Nepal. Nyalam is situated at 3,750 metres (12,300 ft) above sea level.

Once a town of stone buildings and tin roofs, Nyalam was known as Tsongdu (Tibetan: ཚོང་འདུས) and was part of the historical Tsang Province of Tibet before the annexation by China. Nepalese trans-himalayan traders called it Kuti (Nepali: कुती) and also 'The Gate of Hell' because the old trail down to the Nepalese border was very treacherous.

Today Nyalam is a fast-growing little town made of concrete buildings located on the Friendship Highway between Lhasa and the Nepal border. South of Nyalam the road drops abruptly through the gorge of the Matsang Tsangpo (a.k.a. Poiqu, Bhotekoshi River), which is the upper section or main tributary of Sun Kosi in Nepal. The town is about 40 km from the Nepalese border and 150 km from Kathmandu.

See also

• Milarepa's Cave, Nyalam
• China National Highway 318
• Friendship Highway

• Outside Milarepa's Cave, about 10 km north of Nyalam Town
• "Police Attention: No distributing any unhealthy thoughts or objects." A trilingual (Tibetan - Chinese- English) sign above the entrance to a small cafe in Nyalam Town, Tibet, 1993.

Footnotes

1. ^ "Xigazê prefecture-level city (Tibet AR, China)". Institute of the Estonian Language. 2018-06-03. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
2. ^ Dorje (1999), p. 305.
3. Mayhew, Bradley and Kohn (2005), p. 193.

References

• Dowman, Keith. (1988). The Power-places of Central Tibet: The Pilgrim's Guide, pp. 73–79. Routledge & Kegan Paul. London. ISBN 0-7102-1370-0
• Gyume Dorje. (1999). Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan. Footprint Handbooks, Bath, England. ISBN 0-8442-2190-2.
• Mayhew, Bradley and Kohn, Michael. (2005). Tibet, 6th Edition. Lonely Planet. ISBN 1-74059-523-8.

External links

• Nyalam and Zhangmu photos
• More Nyalam and Zhangmu photos

v t e Shigatse (Xigazê)
County-level divisions	District Samzhubzê Counties Bainang Dinggyê Gamba Gyantse Gyirong Kangmar Lhatse Namling Ngamring Nyalam Rinbung Sa'gya Saga Tingri Xaitongmoin Yadong Zhongba
Settlements	Bangxing Cazê Chagna Congdü Dêlêg Dhingri Gyantse Lhatse Lingma Mêmo Nailung Namling Nyalam Pama Pazhug Pagri (Phari) Raka Ramba Rongbuk Monastery Rongxar Samzhubzê Surco Shelkar Zhangmu
Landmarks	Changmoche Monastery Chokorgyel Monastery Daklha Gampo Donggar Monastery Dorje Pakmo Drongtse Monastery Garju Monastery Manmogang Monastery Menri Monastery Milarepa's Cave Narthang Monastery Ngor Palcho Monastery Ralung Monastery Sakya Monastery Shalu Monastery Tashilhunpo Tsi Nesar Shigatse Mosque
Geography	Ang Laren Lake Dajia Lake Jiesa Lake Renqingxiubu Lake Taruo Lake Everest Shishapangma Nyingchiinsha Samdang Khamsang Bukhangri Jombo Glacier Karola Glacier Yarlung Tsangpo Nathu La Pass Nangchu River
Transport	Shigatse Peace Airport Lhasa–Shigatse Railway China–Nepal Railway China–Nepal Friendship Highway Dazhuka Railway Station Denggu Railway Station Jiqiong Railway Station Kadui Railway Station Rinbung Railway Station Shigatse Railway Station G219 G318 S203 S204 S206 S304 S307
Economy & Development	Bainang Vegetable Production Base One River, Two Rivers Project Shigatse Photovoltaic Power Plant Manla Water Conservancy Hub Project Laluo Water Conservancy Project Xianghe Water Conservancy Hub Project
Hotels & Parks	Shigatse Hotel Gyangtse Hotel
Sciences	Ngari Networking Project

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