Wangdian
Encyclopedia
Wangdian is a town
in the Tibet Autonomous Region
of China
in southern Tibet south of Shigatse
. It lies at an altitude
of 4531 metres (14,868 feet). The village has a population
of about 1870 people.
It lies approximately 10.3 miles north of Dongxe
.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in the Tibet Autonomous Region
Tibet Autonomous Region
The Tibet Autonomous Region , Tibet or Xizang for short, also called the Xizang Autonomous Region is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China , created in 1965....
of China
China
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in southern Tibet south of Shigatse
Shigatse
Shigatse is a county-level city and the second largest city in Tibet Autonomous Region , People's Republic of China, with a population of 92000, about southwest of Lhasa and northwest of Gyantse...
. It lies at an altitude
Altitude
Altitude or height is defined based on the context in which it is used . As a general definition, altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum and a point or object. The reference datum also often varies according to the context...
of 4531 metres (14,868 feet). The village has a population
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
of about 1870 people.
It lies approximately 10.3 miles north of Dongxe
Dongxê
Dongxê is a town in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in southern Tibet. It lies at an altitude of 4595 metres . The village has a population of about 1959 people.It lies approximately 10.3 miles south of Wangdian....
.